i LIBRARY OF C0^'G11KSS. | 






^UNITED STATES OF AMKRICA.f, 



BIBLE HAND-BOOK, 



DESIGNED TO FACILITATE THE FINDING OF 

PEOOF-TEXTS 

ON THE 

LEADING DOCTRINES OF THE BIBLE. 

J 

V BY 

REV. F. C. HOLLIDAY, D. D. 




C INC INN A TI: 
HITCHCOCK AND WALDEN 

NEW TORK: 
CARLTON AND LANAHAN. 

1869. 



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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1869, by 
HITCHCOCK & WALDEN, 

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the 
Southern District of Ohio. 



PREFACE 



This work has engaged the author's attention, 
at intervals, for several years; and is the result of 
the labor of such leisure moments as could be 
snatched from the more pressing duties of an 
active pastorate. 

It will be found a time saver to all students of 
the Bible, and a convenient help to young minis- 
ters and Sunday-School teachers. Trusting that 
the Divine blessing will rest upon this humble 
effort to make the Bible its own expositor on the 
topics herein presented, the author submits it to 

the public. 

F. C. HOLLIDAY. 

Indianapolis, Ind., Bept, 1, 1869. 



CONTENTS. 



BOOK I. 

PAGE. 

Doctrines Eelating to God 21 



CHAPTER I. 

J. Existence 26 

2. God Self-Existent 26 



CHAPTER II. 

ATTRIBUTES. 

1. Unity 27 

2. Spirituality 28 

3. Eternity 28 

4. Immutability 29 

5. Omnipotence 29 

(1.) Shown by the Fact of Creation, 29. (2.) By the Vastness and 
Variety of His Works, 30. (3.) The Ease with which He is 
said to Create and Uphold All Things, 30. (4.) Terrible De- 
scriptions of Divine Power, 31. (5.) By the Universality of 
His Dominion, as well over Intelligent Beings as over the 
Material Universe, 32. (6.) Direct Scriptures, 33. 

6. Omnipresence 34 

7. Omniscience..... 34 

8. Wisdom 36 

9. Goodness 36 

10. Holiness 38 

11. Justice and Truth 39 

12. Majesty and Glory 40 

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CHAPTER III. 

PERSONS OF THE GODHEAD. 

PAGE. 

1. Trinity 44 

2. Three Persons, and three only, are spoken of under Divine 

Titles 44 

3. Baptism is in the Name of Three Divine Persons 45 

4. The Apostolic Benediction is in the Name of Three Divine 

Persons 45 



CHAPTER IV. 

DIVINITY OF CHRIST PROVEN. 

1. By His Pre-Existence 45 

2. He was the Jehovah of the Old Testament 46 

3. Divine Titles ascribed to Christ 48 

(1.) He is called God, 48. (2.) He is called Lord, 48. (3.) He is 
called the Son of God, 50. (4.) Christ, as the Son of God, 
calls God Father, 51. (5.) Christ, as the Son of God, is dis- 
tinguished from Created Beings by the Phrase, "Begotten, 
Only Begotten," etc. (6.) Christ is One with the Father, 52. 
(7.) The Same Things are spoken of God the Father and of 
Christ, 52. (8.) Equal with God, 53. (9.) Styled God's Fellow, 
53. (10.) Called Word of God, 53. 

4. Divine Attributes Possessed by Him 53 

(1.) Eternity, 53. (2.) Omniscience, 54. (3.) Omnipotence, 54. 

5. Divine Acts are attributed to Him 64 

(1.) Creation, 54. (2.) Preservation, 55. (3.) The Final Destruc- 
tion of the Material Universe is attributed to Christ, 55. (4.) 
Christ claimed to perform the Works of His Father, and to 
possess Original Miraculous Power, 55. (5.) He promised to 
send the Holy Ghost, 56. (6.) He gave the Holy Ghost, 56. 
(7.) He forgave Sins, 56. 

6. Divine Worship paid to Him 57 

(1.) Before His Ascension, 57. (2.) After His Ascension, 57. (3.) 
Adored by Angels, 58. (4.) Doxologies to Christ, 58. (5.) But 
to Worship any Being or Thing but God is Idolatry, 58. 



CHAPTER V. 

THE PERSON OF CHRIST. 

1. His Humanity 59 

2. The Union of Two Natures in One Hypostasis 59 



CONTENTS. y 

CHAPTER VI. 

THE HOLY GHOST. 

PAGE. 

1. Proceeds from the Father and Son 60 

2. His Personality 60 

3. His Deity 62 

(1.) The Subject of Blasphemy, 62. (2.) Divine Titles ascribed to 
Him, 62. (3.) Possessed of Divine Attributes, 62. a. Eter- 
nity, 62. 6. Omnipresence, 62. c. Omniscience, 62. d. Holi- 
ness—He is styled the Holy Ghost, 63. e. Goodness, 63. /. 
Grace, 63. g. Truth, 63. 

4. He is the Source of Inspiration 63 

5. He is the Source of Life 63 

6. He is the Author of the Kew Creation — Regeneration 63 

7. He is the Source of Religious Comfort 63 



BOOK II. 

DOCTRINES RELATING TO MAN. 



CHAPTER I. 

man's primeval state. 

1. Made Under Law 71 

2. Created in the Image of God „,... 71 

(1.) Dominion, 71. (2.) Spirituality, 72. (3.) Immortality, 72. (4.) 
Intellectual Powers— Knowledge, 73. (5.) Moral Image of 
God—Holiness, 74. 

CHAPTER II. 

the FALL OF MAN. 

1. The Temptation — The Serpent the Instrument — The Devil the 

Real Tempter 74 

2. The Transgression 75 

3. The Results of the Fall— Physical Evil 75 

(1.) The Ground Cursed for Man's Sake, 75. (2.) Man Doomed 
to Labor, 75. (3.) Physical Suffering caused by the Fall, 75. 
(4.) Temporal Death the Result of Sin, 76. 



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PAGE. 

4. Results of the Fall— Moral Evil 77 

(1.) Spiritual Death — Loss of the Divine Image, 77. 

5. Man's Moral Nature Corrupted by the Fall 78 

6. Depravity Hereditary 79 

7. The Extent of Depravity is Total or Universal 80 

(1.) The Will is Depraved, 80. (2.) The Understanding Dark- 
ened, 81. (3.) The Afifections Corrupt, 82. (4.) The Imagi- 
nation Vitiated, 82. (5.) Man's Moral Powers Paralyzed, 83. 
(6.) Man's Utter Helplessness, 83. 



BOOK III. 

Atonement or Redemption 87 



CHAPTER I. 

REDEMPTION. 

1. Necessity for an Atonement..... 90 

2. Bedemption by the Death of Christ 92 

3. The Death of Christ a Sufficient Atonement for the Sins of 

the Whole World 94 

4. The Death of Christ the Procuring Cause of Man's Salvation.. 95 

6. Benefits of the Death of Christ 96 

(1.) Justification, 96. (2.) Regeneration, 97. (3.) Reconciliation, 
98. (4.) Adoption, 98. (5.) Peace, 99. (6.) Witness of the 
Spirit, 100. (7.) Sanctification, 101. 

CHAPTER II. 

BENEFITS OF THE DEATH OF CHRIST — CONDITIONS OF 

SALVATION. 

1. Bepentance — Faith the Instrumental Cause of Man's Salva- 

tion 104 

2. The Holy Spirit the Efficient Cause of Man's Salvation 107 

CHAPTER III. 

FURTHER BENEFITS OF THE DEATH OF CHRIST. 

1. The Bight to Pray 108 

2. The Power of Prayer 110 



CONTENTS. 11 

PAGE. 

3. Divine Providence — General and Special 112 

4. Victory over Death 113 

5. The Imnrediate Eeception of the Souls of the Pious into a 

State of Blessedness 114 

6. The Eesurrection of the Body 114 

CHAPTER IV. 

ELECTION, DECREES, AND FREE-WILL. 

1. Election 117 

(1.) The Election of Individuals to perform some Particular Serv- 
ice, 117. (2.) Collective or National Election, 117. (3.) Per- 
sonal Election, or the Choosing of Individuals to be the Heirs 
of Eternal Life, 119. 

2. Scripture Doctrine of Divine Decrees 120 

3. Freedom of the Human Will 121 

CHAPTER V. 

THE DOCTRINE OF A GENERAL JUDGMENT. 

1. The Certainty of the JiJdgment 123 

2. The Judgment Subsequent to Death 124 

3. The Judgment Subsequent to the Eesurrection 124 

4. Christ will be the Judge 126 

6. The Decisions of the Judgment will be Final and Equitable.. 128 

6. The Award to the Eighteous 129 

7. The Doom of the Wicked 131 

8. Heaven a Place of Eternal Happiness 133 

9. HeU a Place of Endless Misery 136 



BOOK IT. 

THE MORAL LAW 



CHAPTER I. 

THE FIRST COMMANDMENT. 

1. Idolatry Forbidden 146 

2. God to be Worshiped 146 



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PAGE. 

3. Threatenings against Idolatry 147 

4. The Judgments of God inflicted upon the Violators of this 

Commandment 147 

5. Instances of God's Judgments upon Particular Transgressors 

of this Commandment 148 

6. Idolatry Punished with Death 152 

7. Idols are but Vanity 153 

8. Against Inquiring Concerning Future Events of False Gods 

and of those professing to have Familiar Spirits 153 

9. This Command requires us to have a God, and is therefore 

against Atheism , 154 

10. This Command requires Supreme Love to God 155 

CHAPTER II. 

THE SECOND COMMANDMENT. 

1. The Use of Images is Forbidden 156 

2. Images are not Eepresentations of God 157 

3. The Judgments of God upon the Violators of this Command.. 157 

4. Images used by Apostates as Outward Symbols in the Wor- 

ship of the True God 159 

6. Images not to be Worshiped, though enjoined by Human 

Authority 160 

6. Threatenings against Idolatry 160 

7. The Following Crimes, as partaking of the Nature of Idol- 

atry, are Prohibited 161 

(1.) Magic, 161. (2.) Sorcery, 163. (3.) Enchantments, 164. (4.) 
Soothsaying, 164. (5.) Observing of Times, 164. (6.) Witch- 
craft, 164. (7.) Divination, 166. (8.) Consulting Familiar Spir- 
its, 166. 

8. Idolatry is Debasing 167 

CHAPTER III. 

THE THIRD COMMANDMENT. 

1. Profane Swearing is Forbidden 168 

2. False Swearing is Forbidden 169 

3. Swearing by Creatures is Forbidden 171 

4. Instances of Swearing to commit Sin or to encourage it... 172 

5. Civil Oaths Lawful 173 

6. Articles of Peace and Private Contracts ratified by an Oath.. 174 



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CHAPTER IV. 
THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT. 

PAGE. 

1. The Sabbath must be observed as a Day of Eest from Sec- 

ular Work 178 

2. The Sabbath a Day for Eeligious Worship 181 

3. Works of Necessity and Mercy may be done on the Sabbath 

Day 182 

4. The First Day of the Week is the Christian Sabbath 183 

CHAPTER V. 

THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT. 

1. This Command requires Reverence and Obedience on the 

Part of Children 185 

2. It requires Reverence to the Aged, whether they are our 

Parents or not 186 

3. God's Judgments against Disobedient Children 186 

4. It requires Reverence and Submission to Civil Rulers 187 

CHAPTER VI. 

THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT. 

1. Murder is Prohibited 188 

2. Threatenings against Murderers 189 

3. Cases where Killing a Man is not to be punished with 

Death 190 

4. Human Life authorized to be taken by the Civil Govern- 

ment 190 

5. Hatred Forbidden 191 

6. Malice Forbidden 191 

7. Anger Forbidden 191 

8. Wrath Forbidden !. 192 

9. Contention Forbidden 192 

CHAPTER VII. 

THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT. 

1. Statement of the Law 193 

2. Threatenings against Fornication and Adultery 193 



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PAGE. 

3. Impure Thoughts Condemned 197 

4. Polygamy Forbidden 197 

5. Against Divorce 198 

CHAPTER VIII. 

THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT. 

1. Theft Forbidden 199 

2. Threatenings against Theft 199 

3. Threatenings against Robbery 200 

4. Fraud and Cheating Forbidden 200 

5. Precepts Concerning Landed Property 201 

6. Precepts Concerning Things Found/ Loaned, or Intrusted to 

Others 201 

7. Eestitution to be made to the Injured 202 

8. Threatenings against Oppressors 202 

CHAPTER IX. 

THE NINTH COMMANDMENT. 

1. False Swearing is Condemned ,rr,« 203 

2. Lying is Forbidden 204 

3. Evil Speaking is Condemned 205 

4. Slander is Condemned 206 

5. Tale-Bearing and Backbiting are Condemned 206 

6. Reviling and Railing Condemned 206 

7. Unprofitable Conversation Forbidden 207 

8. Flattery Forbidden 207 

CHAPTER X. 

THE TENTH COMMANDMENT. 

1. Covetousness Condemned 208 

2. Unjust Means of Acquiring Property Condemned 209 

3. The Folly of Trusting in Riches 210 



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BOOK Y. 

\ 

INSTITUTIONS OF CHRISTIANITY. 



CHAPTER I. 

THE CHURCH. 

PAGE. 

1. The Church a Divine Institution 217 

2. The Unity of the Church under all Dispensations 218 

3. God's Dwelling-Place the Church 220 

4. The Stability of the Church 220 

5. The Church's Prosperity Dependent upon the Divine Bless- 

ing 221 

6. The Ultimate Universal Triumph of the Church 221 

7. The Blessedness of Church Fellowship 223 

8. The Duty of Christians toward Each Other 225 

9. The Duty of Union with the Church 226 

10. Heretics and Disorderly Persons to be Excluded 227 

11. Prayers for the Church's Prosperity 228 

12. Limits of Christian Fellowship 229 

13. The Church Missionary in its Constitution 230 

CHAPTER II. 

THE MINISTRY. 

1. Ministers are called of God 231 

2. The Preaching of the Gospel the Great Instrument of Human 

Salvation 233 

3. Ministers to be Supported 236 

4. Different Orders in the Ministry 237 

5. Ministers to be Examples to the Church 238 

CHAPTER III. 

CHRISTIAN BAPTISM. 

1. Baptism a Christian Duty 243 

2. The Design of Baptism 244 



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PAGE. 

3. Examples of Baptism 244 

4. Baptism of Households .^ 245 

5. The Spiritual Import and Scriptural Mode of Baptism 246 



CHAPTER IV. 

THE LORD^S SUPPER. 

1. Its Institution 250 

2. The Obligation upon Christians to Observe It 251 

3. The Elements to be Used 252 



BOOK YI. 

CHRISTIAN DUTIES AND PEIVILEGES. 



CHAPTER I. 

PRAYER. 

1. Prayer a Duty 255 

2. Vocal and Audible , 256 

3. With Faith and Submission to the Will of God 257 

4. With the Spirit of Forgiveness 258 

5. Should be Importunate 258 

6. Should be in the Name of Christ 259 

7. The Posture of the Body in Prayer 260 

8. Secret Prayer 260 

9. Public and Social Prayer 261 

10. Prayer for Temporal Blessings 262 

11. Examples of Answers to Prayer 263 

CHAPTER II. 

PRAISE TO GOD. 

1. Praise is a Christian Duty 265 

2. Praise should be Earnest 266 



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CHAPTER III. 

FRUITS. OF THE SPIRIT. 

PAGE. 

1. Love 267 

(1.) Love to God, 267. (2.) The Love of God, 268. (3.) Love to 
the Brethren, 270. (4.) Love to all Men, 271. 

2. Joy 272 

(1.) Rejoice in God, 272. (2.) Rejoice Always, 274. 

3. Peace 275 

(1.) Peace with God, 275. (2.) Peace of Mind— Tranquillity, 277. 
(3.) Disposed to Promote Peace, 278. 

4. Long-Suffering.. 279 

(1.) Patience under Provocation, 279. (2.) Submission to the Will 

of God, 280. 

6. Gentleness 282 

(1.) Must be Kind, 282. (2.) Not Contentious, 283. (3.) Should 
Help the Feeble, 284. 

6. Goodness 285 

(1.) The Right State of the Heart^Be Good, 285. (2.) Doing 
Good— Beneficence, 286. 

7. Meekness 289 

(1.) Christian Lowliness, 289. (2.) Humility, 290. 

8. Temperance , 291 

(1.) Self-Denial, 291. (2.) Christian Moderation, 292. (3.) Self- 
Go vernment, 294. 

9. Faith 294 

(1.) Belief in God's Word, 294. (2.) Trust in God, 296. (3.) Faith 
Exemplified, 298. 



CHAPTER IV. 

RELATIVE DUTIES OF CHRISTIANS TOWARD EACH OTHER. 

1. To Love One Another 302 

2. To Live in Peace. 303 

3. Christian Forbearance 303 

4. Duty to Forgive One Another 304 

6. True Friendship 304 

6. To be Benevolent , 305 

7. Liberality Eewarded 305 

8. Encouragements to Liberality 307 

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CHAPTER V. 
DOMESTIC DUTIES. 

PAGE. 

1. The Marriage Relation Instituted and Recommended 308 

2. Cautions against Improper Marriages 308 

3. Mutual Duties of Husbands and Wives 308 

4. Duty of Parents to their Children 309 

(1.) To Provide for them, 309. (2.) To Administer Needful Correc- 
tion, 309. (3.) Encouragements to Parental Faithfulness, 309. 

6. Duty of Children to their Parents 310 

6. Disobedient Children Punished 310 

7. Divorce 310 

8. Polygamy 311 



BOOK YII. 

Christian Experience , 315 



CHAPTER I 



CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE. 



1. Conviction for Sin , 317 

2. Sinners called upon to Repent 318 

3. God Expostulates 320 

4. Repentance Demanded 321 

5. Repentance includes Sorrow for Sin and Confession 321 

6. Genuine Repentance Acceptable to God 323 

7. Repentance includes Reformation 324 

8. Conversion, including Pardon and Regeneration 325 

CHAPTER II. 

1. Evidences of Regeneration 327 

2. Christian Holiness 329 



BOOK I. 

DOOTRmES RELATING TO GOD. 



DOCTRmES RELATING TO GOD. 



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EXISTENCE OF GOD. 

The plain argument for the existence of the Deity, 
obvious to all, and carrying irresistible conviction with 
it, is the evident contrivance and fitness of things for 
each other which we meet with throughout all parts of 
the universe. There is no need of subtile reasonings 
in this matter. A manifest contrivance immediately 
suggests a contriver. It strikes us like a sensation, 
and artful reasonings against it may puzzle us, but 
they do not shake our belief. No person who knows 
the principles of optics and the structure of the eye 
believes that it was formed without a knowledge of 
that science, or that the ear was formed without a 
knowledge of sounds, or that male and female in ani- 
mals were not formed for each other and for continuing 
the species. All accounts of nature are full of instances 
of this kind. The admirable and beautiful structure 
of things for final causes exalts our idea of the con- 
triver, and the unity of design shows him to be one. 
The great motions in the systems, performed with the 
same facility as the least, suggests his almighty power, 
which gave motion to the earth and the celestial bodies 
with equal ease as to the minutest particles. The sub- 
tility of the motions and actions in the internal parts 

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of bodies shows that his influence penetrates the inmost 
recesses of things, and that he is equally active and 
present every-where. The simplicity of the laws that 
prevail in the world, and the excellent disposition of 
things in order to obtain the best ends, and the beauty 
which adorns the works of nature, far surpassing any 
thing in art, suggests his consummate wisdom. The 
usefulness of the whole scheme, so well contrived for 
the intelligent beings who enjoy it, with the internal 
dispositions and moral structure of those beings them- 
selves, shows his unbounded goodness. These are ar- 
guments which are sufficiently open to the views and 
capacities of the unlearned, while at the same time 
they acquire new strength and luster from the discov- 
eries of the learned. 

The existence of God is the basis of religion. This 
truth will be evident if we remember that the word 
religion always denotes either a system of truths of 
which Grod is the great subject, or a system of affec- 
tions and conduct of which he is the supreme object. 
TVere there no such being, there could be no such rela- 
tions and duties. Were the existence of such being 
incapable of proof, the existence of the relations and 
duties would be equally incapable of being proved. 
But God has not left himself without ample witness. 

Because something exists, something must have ex- 
isted always. The mind can not realize the fact that 
existence or change can take place without a cause. 
If nothing had originally existed, we can not possi- 
bly conceive that any thing could ever have existed. 
Causes absolutely the same must, in the same circum- 
stances, produce absolutely the same effects. This, I 
think, is self-evident, and admitted as such. An abso- 
lute want of cause involves an absolute sameness of an 



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opposite kind, and must, with nearly the same evidence, 
continue forever. The necessity of causes to all the 
changes of being is universally admitted. JSTo absurdity 
can be greater than to argue with a man who denies 
the connection between cause and effect. He himself, 
in speaking, admits himself to be the cause of the 
words he utters, and of the opinions he communicates, 
and the act of arguing admits you to be a similar 
cause. If his body be not a cause, and your eyes an- 
other cause, you can not see him. If his voice and 
your ears be not causes, you can not hear him. If 
your mind and his be not causes, you can not under- 
stand him. 

Mr. Locke presents the argument substantially as 
follows : Every man knows with absolute certainty that 
he himself exists. He knows, also, that he did not 
always exist, but began to be. It is clearly certain to 
him that his existence is caused, and not casual, and 
was produced by a cause adequate to the production. 
By an adequate cause is invariably intended a cause 
possessing and exerting an eflcacy to bring any effect 
to pass. In the present case an adequate cause is one 
possessing and exerting all the understanding neces- 
sary to contrive and the power necessary to create 
such a being as the man in question. This cause is 
what we are accustomed to call God. 

The understanding necessary to conceive and the 
power necessary to create a being compounded of the 
human soul and body admit of no limits. He who can 
contrive and create such a being can contrive and cre- 
ate any thing. He who actually contrived and created 
man certainly contrived and created all things. This 
argument is conclusive. It has not been nor will it 
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do not affirm that every step of it is attended with what 
logicians call intuitive evidence, nor that it amounts to 
what is, in the logical sense, an absolute demonstration. 
But it is in every step attended with such evidence as 
excludes all rational doubt, and approaches so near the 
character of a demonstration as to leave the mind com- 
j)letely satisfied. At the same time it is opposed to no 
counter evidence. 

The state of existing things completely proves the 
being of a God. The argument derived from this 
source is presented by Bishop Berkley in a clear and 
forcible manner, and is substantially as follows: 

We acknowledge the existence of each other to be 
unquestionable, and when called upon for evidence on 
which this acknowledgment is founded allege that of 
our senses; yet it can by no means be affirmed with 
truth that our senses discern immediately any man. 
We see, indeed, a form, and we hear a voice communi- 
cating to us the thoughts, emotions, and "volitions of an 
intelligent being. Tet it is intuitively certain that nei- 
ther the form, the motions, the actions, the voice, the 
thoughts, nor the volitions are that intelligent being, or 
the living, acting, thinking thing which we call man. 
On the contrary, they are merely effects of which that 
living, active, acting thing denominated by the word 
man is the cause. The existence of the cause, or, in 
other language, of the man, we conclude from the 
effects which he thus produces. In the same manner, 
and with the like certainty, we discover the existence 
of God. 

In the universe without us, and in the little world 
within us, we perceive a great variety of effects pro- 
duced by some cause adequate to their production. 
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EXISTENCE OF GOD. 25 

other vessels; of the blood and other juices; of the 
tongue, the hands, and other members; the percep- 
tions of the senses and the actions of the mind; the 
storm, the lightning, the volcano, and the earthquake; 
the reviviscence and growth of the vegetable world; 
the diffusion of light and the motions of the planetary 
system — are all effects, and effects of a cause adequate 
to their production. This cause is God, or a being 
possessed of intelligence and power sufficient to con- 
trive and bring them to pass. He, with evidence from 
reason equally clear with the testimony of the Scrip- 
tures, thundereth marvelously with his voice, holdeth 
the winds in his fists, sendeth lightnings with rain, 
looketh on the earth and it trembleth, toucheth the 
hills and they smoke, melteth the mountains like wax 
at his presence, causeth the outgoings of the morning 
and the evening to rejoice, and maketh his sun to rise 
on the evil and the good. Him also we are bound to 
praise, because we are fearfully and wonderfully made 
by him. Our substance was not hid from him when 
we were made in secret. His eyes saw our substance, 
yet being imperfect, and in his book all our members 
were written, which in continuance were fashioned by 
him, when as yet there was none of them. He also 
breathed into our nostrils the breath of life, and the 
inspiration of the Almighty hath given us understand- 
ing. Should it be said that these are the natural and 
necessary results of certain inherent powers of matter 
and mind, and therefore demand no extrinsic agency, 
I answer that this objection affects the conclusion only 
by removing it one step further back in the course of 
reasoning. That matter should have possessed these 
powers eternally without exerting them is impossible, 
and that it should have exerted them from eternity is 

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equally imj)Ossible. It then follows that the properties 
and exertions of matter are derived from an extrinsic 
cause, and that that cause is possessed of intelligence 
and power to which no bounds can be assigned. The 
same argument may be stated in a more general and 
popular manner. The agency of God is clearly and 
certainly seen in the preservation and government of 
all things. The existence of all the forms and states 
of being which we behold in the universe is plainly 
derived, because it is a change in the former state of 
things, communicating, continuing, and terminating, 
and, as it is impossible that any thing should com- 
mence its own existence, derived certainly from an ex- 
trinsic and adequate cause. This cause can bo none 
other than God. 



CHAPTER I 



I. Existence. 
Every Scripture that speaks of 
God implies his existence. The 
common interpretation makes 
*'Lord" — Heb., Yehovah — mean 
the Existing One; as, 

Exodus hi, 14. And God said 
unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: 
and he said, Tims shalt thou say 
unto the children of Israel, I AM 
hath sent me unto you. 

2. God Self-Existent. 

John v, 26. For as the Father 
hath life in himself; so hath he 
given to the Son to have life in 
himself. 

John vi, 57. As the living Fa- 
ther hath sent me, and I live by 
the Father; so he that eateth me, 
even he shall live by me. 

Jer. X, 10. But the Lord is the 



true God, he is the living God, 
and an everlasting king; at his 
wrath the earth shall tremble, 
and the nations shall not be able 
to abide his indignation. 

Acts xvii, 24. God that made 
the world and all things therein, 
seeing that he is Lord of heaven 
and earth, dwelleth not in tem- 
ples made with hands ; 

25. ISTeither is worshiped with 
men's hands, as though he needed 
any thing, seeing he giveth to all 
life, and breath, and all things. 

1 Tim. VI, 15. Which in his times 
he shall shew, who is the blessed 
and only Potentate, the King of 
kings, and Lord of lords; 

16. Who only hath immortal- 
ity, dwelling in the light which 
no man can approach unto; whom 
no man hath seen, nor can see ; to 
whom be honor and power ever- 
lasting. Amen. 



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CHAPTER II 



ATTRIBUTES, 



I. Unity. 

Deut.vi, 4. Hear, Israel : The 
Lord our God is one Lord. 

Leut. XXXII, 39. See now that I, 
even I, am he, and there is no god 
with me : I kill, and I make alive ,• 
I wound, and I heal: neither is 
there any that can deliver out of 
my hand. 

Deut. IV, 35. Unto thee it was 
shewed, that thou mightest know 
that the Lord he is Godj there is 
none else beside him. 

Mark xii, 32. And the scribe 
said unto him. Well, Master, thou 
hast said the truth : for there is 
one God : and there is none other 
but he. 

Eph. IV, 5. One Lord, one faith, 
one baptism; 

6. One God and Father of all, 
who is above all, and through all, 
and in you all. 

1 Cor. VIII, 4. As concerning 
therefore the eating of those 
things that are offered in sacri- 
fice unto idols, we know that an 
idol is nothing in the world, and 
that there is none other God but 
one. 

Isaiah xliii, 10. Ye are my wit- 
nesses, saith the Lord, and my 
servant whom I have chosen; 
that ye may know and believe 
me, and understand that I am 
he; before me there was no God 
formed, neither shall there be 
after me. 

11. I, even I, am the Lord; 
and beside me there is no savior. 

12. I have declared, and have 
saved, and I have shewed, when 
there was no strange God among 
you: therefore ye are my wit- 
nesses, saith the Lord, that I am 
God. 

13. Yea, before the day was I 



am he; and there is none that 
can deliver out of my hand : I 
will work, and who shall let it. 

Psalm lxxxvi, 10. For thou art 
great, and doest wondrous things : 
thou art God alone. 

2 Kings xix, 15. And Hezekiah 
prayed before the Lord, and said, 
Lord God of Israel, which 
dwellest between the cherubim, 
thou art the God, even thou alone, 
of all the kingdoms of the earth ; 
thou hast made heaven and earth. 

Keh. IX, 6. Thou, even thou, 
art Lord alone; thou hast made 
heaven, the heaven of heavens, 
with all their host, the earth, and 
all things that are therein, the 
seas, and all that is therein, and 
thou preservest them all ; and the 
host of heaven worshipeth thee. 

Isaiah xliv/ 6. Thus saith the 
Lord the King of Israel, and his 
Redeemer the Lord of hosts; I 
am the first, and I am the last; 
and beside me there is no God. 

Isaiah xlv, 5. I am the Lord, 
and there is none else, there is no 
God beside me: I girded thee, 
though thou hast not known me. 

John x, 30. I and my Father 
are one. 

John xvii, 3. And this is life 
eternal, that they might know 
thee the only true God, and Jesus 
Christ, whom thou hast sent. 

1 CoR. viii, 6. But to us there is 
but one God, the Father, of whom 
are all things, and we in him ; and 
one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom 
are all things, and we by him. 

Gal. Ill, 20. ]S"ow a mediator is 
not a mediator of one, but God is 
one. 

1 Tim. 1, 17. Kow unto the King 
eternal, immortal, invisible, the 
only wise God, be honor and glory 
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James ii, 19. Thou believest 
that there is one God; thou doest 
well; the devils also believe, and 
tremble. 

2. Spirituality. 

John iv, 24. God is a Spirit; and 
they that worship him must wor- 
ship him in spirit and in truth. 

Col. I, 14. In whom we have 
redemption through his blood, 
even the forgiveness of sins: 

15. Who is the image of the in- 
visible God, the first-born of every 
creature. 

1 Tim. 1, 17. IS'ow unto the King 
eternal, immortal, invisible, the 
only wise God, be honor and glory 
forever and ever. Amen. 

Heb. XI, 27. By faith he forsook 
Egypt, not fearing the wrath of 
the king : for he endured, as see- 
ing him who is invisible. 

3. Eternity. 

Psalm xc, 2. Before the mount- 
ains were brought forth, or ever 
thou hadst formed the earth and 
the world, even from everlasting 
to everlasting, thou art God. 

3. Thou turnest man to destruc- 
tion ; and sayest, Return, ye chil- 
dren of men. 

4. For a thousand years in thy 
sight are but as yesterday when 
it is past, and as a watch in the 
night. 

Psalm xciii, 2. Thy throne is 
established of old: thou art from 
everlasting. 

Isaiah lxiii, 16. Doubtless thou 
art our Father, though Abraham 
be ignorant of us, and Israel ac- 
knowledge us not: thou, Lord, 
art our Father, our Pedeeraer; 
thy name is from everlasting. 

Deut. xxxiii, 27. The eternal 
God is thy refuge, and under- 
neath are the everlasting arms: 
and he shall thrust out the enemy 
from before thee; and shall say. 
Destroy them. 

Rom. I, 20. For the invisible 
things of him from the creation 
of the world are clearly seen, be- 
ing understood by the things that 



are made, even his eternal power 
and Godhead; so that they are 
without excuse. 

1 Tim. i, 17. Now unto the King 
eternal, immortal, invisible, the 
only wise God, be honor and glory 
forever and ever. Amen. 

1 Tim. VI, 15. This is a faithful 
saying, and worthy of all accepta- 
tion, that Christ Jesus came into 
the world to save sinners ; of 
whom I am chief. 

16. Howbeit for this cause I 
obtained mercy, that in me first 
Jesus Christ might shew forth all 
long-suffering, for a pattern to 
them which should hereafter be- 
lieve on him to life everlasting. 

Isaiah lvii, 15. For thus saith 
the high and lofty One that in- 
habiteth eternity, whose name is 
Holy ; I dwell in the high and 
holy place, with him also that is 
of a contrite and humble spirit, 
to revive the spirit of the hum- 
ble, and to revive the heart of the 
contrite ones. 

Psalm cii, 27. But thou art the 
same, and thy years shall have 
no end. 

Isaiah xliv, 6. Thus saith the 
Lord the King of Israel, and his 
Redeemer the Lord of hosts ; I 
am the first, and I am the last; 
and beside me there is no God. 

Hab. I, 12. Art thou not from 
everlasting, Lord my God, mine 
Holy One ? We shall not die. 
Lord, thou hast ordained them 
for judgment; and, mighty 
God, thou hast established them 
for correction. 

Rev. I, 8. I am Alpha and 
Omega, the beginning and the 
ending, saith the Lord, which is, 
and which was, and which is to 
come, the Almighty. 

2 CoR. IV, 18. While we look not 
at the things which are seen, but 
at the things which are not seen : 
for the things which are seen are 
temporal ; but the things whicli 
are not seen are eternal. 

Isaiah xl, 28. Hast thou not 
known ? hast thou not heard, 
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Lord, the Creator of the ends of 
the earth, fainteth not, neither is 
weary? there is no searching of 
his understanding. 

Dan. IV, 3. How great are his 
signs I and how mighty are his 
wonders I his kingdom is an 
everlasting kingdom, and his 
dominion is from generation to 
generation. 

Lam. V, 19. Thou, Lord, re- 
mainest forever ; thy throne from 
generation to generation. 

Psalm tx, 7. But the Lord shall 
endure forever : he hath prepared 
his throne for judgment. 

4. Immutability. 

Psalm cii, 25. Of old hast thou 
laid the foundation of the earth : 
and the heavens are the work of 
thy hands. 

26. They shall perish, hut thou 
shalt endure: yea, all of them 
shall wax old like a garment; as 
a vesture shalt thou change them, 
and they shall be changed : 

27. But thou art the same, and 
thy years shall have no end. 

Psalm xxxiti, 11. The counsel 
of the Lord standeth forever, the 
thoughts of his heart to all gen- 
erations. 

Mal. Ill, 6. For I am the Lord, 
I change not ; therefore ye sons 
of Jacob are not consumed. 

James i, 17. Every good gift and 
every perfect gift is from above, 
and cometh down from the Father 
of lights, with whom is no varia- 
bleness, neither shadow of turn- 
ing. 

Num. xxiti, 19. God is not a 
man, that he should lie; neither 
the son of man, that he should 
repent: hath he said, and shall 
he not do it? or hath he spoken, 
and shall he not make it good ? 

1 Sam. XV, 29. And also the 
Strength of Israel will not lie nor 
repent : for he is not a man, that 
he should repent. 

Job xxiii, 13. But he is in one 
mind, and who can turn him? 
and what his soul desireth, even 
that he doeth. 



Heb. xiii, 8. Jesus Christ the 
same yesterday, and to-day, and 
forever. 

5. Omnipotence. 

(1.) Shown hy the Fact of Creation. 

Gen. 1, 1. In the beginning God 
created the heaven and the earth. 

Isaiah xl, 28. Hast thou not 
known ? hast thou not heard, that 
the everlasting God, the Lord, the 
Creator of the ends of the earth, 
fainteth not, neither is weary? 
there is no searching of his un- 
derstanding. 

Isaiah xlii, 5. Thus saith God 
the Lord, he that created the 
heavens, and stretched them out; 
he that spread forth the earth, 
and that which cometh out of it ; 
he that giveth breath unto the 
people upon it, and spirit to them 
that walk therein. 

Eev. IV, 11. Thou art worthy, 
Lord, to receive glory and honor 
and power : for thou hast created 
all things, and for thy pleasure 
they are and were created. 

Heb. Ill, 4. For every house is 
builded by some man; but he 
that built all things is God. 

John i, 3. All things were made 
by him ; and without him was not 
any thing made that was made. 

Neh. IX, 6. Thou, even thou, 
art Lord alone ; thou hast made 
heaven, the heaven of heavens, 
with all their host, the earth, 
and all things that are therein, 
the seas, and all that is therein, 
and thou preservest them all ; 
and the host of heaven worship- 
eth thee. 

Psalm xxxvi, 6. Thy righteous- 
ness is like the great mountains; 
thy judgments are a great deep : 
Lord, thou preservest man and 
beast. 

Col. i, 16. For by him were all 
things created, that are in heaven, 
and that are in earth, visible and 
invisible, whether they be thrones, 
or dominions, or principalities, or 
powers : all things were created 
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(2.) By the Vast7iess and Variety of 

his Works, 

Gen. II, 1. Thus the heavens 
and the earth were finished, and 
all the host of them. 

PsALMxcii, 5. Lord, how great 
are thy works I and thy thoughts 
are very deep. 

Psalm hi, 2. The works of the 
Lord are great, sought out of all 
them that have pleasure therein. 

Eev. XV, 3. And they sing the 
song of Moses the servant of God, 
and the song of the Lamb, say- 
ing, Great and marvelous are thy 
works. Lord God Almighty j just 
and true are thy ways, thou King 
of saints. 

- Job IX, 8. Which alone spread- 
eth out the heavens, and treadeth 
upon the waves of the sea ; 

9. "Which maketh Arcturus, 
Orion, and Pleiades, and the 
chambers of the south ; 

10. Which doeth great things 
past finding out; yea, and won- 
ders without number. 

Job XXXVII, 14. Hearken unto 
this, Job : stand still, and con- 
sider the wondrous works of God. 

15. Lost thou know when God 
disposed them, and caused the 
light of his cloud to shine? 

16. Dost thou know the balanc- 
ings of the clouds, the wondrous 
works of him which is perfect in 
knowledge? 

Psalm xl, 5. Many, Lord ijiy 
God, are thy wonderful works 
which thou hast done, and thy 
thoughts which are to us-ward : 
they can not be reckoned up in 
order unto thee : if I would de- 
clare and speak of them, they are 
more than can be numbered. 

Gen. I, 14. And God said. Let 
there be lights in the firmament 
of the heaven to divide the day 
from the night ; and let them be 
for signs, and for seasons, and for 
days, and years : 

15. And let them be for lights 
in the firmament of the heaven 
to give light upon the earth : and 
it was so. 



16. And God made two great 
lights ; the greater light to rule 
the day, and the lesser light to 
rule the night : he made the stars 
also. 

17. And God set them in the 
firmament of the heaven to give 
light upon the earth. 

18. And to rule over the day 
and over the night, and to divide 
the light from the darkness : and 
God saw that it was good. 

Jer. XXXI, 35. Thus saith the 
Lord, which giveth the sun for a 
light by day, and the ordinances 
of the moon and of the stars for 
a light by night, which divideth 
the sea when the waves thereof 
roar ; The Lord of hosts is his 
name. 

(3.) The Ease with which he is said 
to Create and Uphold all Things. 

Isaiah xl, 12. Who hath meas- 
ured the waters in the hollow of 
his hand, and meted out heaven 
with the span, and comprehended 
the dust of the earth in a meas- 
ure, and weighed the mountains 
in scales, and the hills in a bal- 
ance? 

13. Who hath directed the Spirit 
of the Lord, or being his counselor 
hath taught him ? 

14. With whom took he coun- 
sel, and who instructed him, and 
taught him in the path of judg- 
ment, and taught him knowledge, 
and shewed to him the way of un- 
derstanding ? 

15. Behold, the nations are as a 
drop of a bucket, and are counted 
as the small dust of the balance : 
behold, he taketh up the isles as 
a very little thing. 

Job xxxviii, 8. Or who shut up 
the sea with doors, when it brake 
forth, as if it had issued out of the 
womb? 

9. When I made the cloud the 
garment thereof, and thick dark- 
ness a swaddling-band for it, 

10. And brake up for it my 
decreed place, and set bars and 
doors, 

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thou come, but no further : and 
here shall thy proud waves be 
stayed? 

Job XXVIII, 24. For he looketh 
to the ends of the earth, and seeth 
under the whole heaven ; 

25. To make the weight for the 
winds ; and he weigheth the wa- 
ters by measure. 

26. When he made a decree for 
the rain, and a way for the light- 
ning of the thunder. 

Job XXVI, 10. He hath com- 
passed the waters with bounds, 
until the day and night come to 
an end. 

Psalm xxxiii, 6. By the word 
of _the Lord were the heavens 
made ; and all the host of them 
by the breath of his mouth. 

7. He gathereth the Avaters of 
the sea together as a heap ; he 
layeth up the depth in store- 
houses. 

Psalm civ, 2. Who coverest thy- 
self with light as with a garment : 
who stretchest out the heavens 
like a curtain : 

3. Who layeth the beams of 
his chambers in the waters : who 
maketh the clouds his chariot : 
who walketh upon the wings of 
the wind : 

4. Who maketh his angels spir- 
its ; his ministers a flaming fire: 

6. Who laid the foundations of 
the earth that it should not be 
removed forever. 

Job xxxvii, 14. Hearken unto 
this, Job : stand still, and con- 
sider the wondrous works of God. 

15. Dost thou know when God 
disposed them, and caused the 
light of his cloud to shine? 

16. Dost thou know the balanc- 
ings of the clouds, the wondrous 
works of him which is perfect in 
knowledge ? 

17. How thy garments are 
warm, when he quieteth the 
earth by the south wind? 

18. Hast thou with him spread 
out the sky, which is strong, and 
as a molten looking-glass ? 

Jer. x, 13. When he uttereth 
his voice, there is a multitude of 



waters in the heavens, and he 
causeth the vapors to ascend from 
the ends of the earth ; he maketh 
lightnings with rain, and bringeth 
forth the wind out of his treasures. 

(4.) Terrible Descriptions of Divine 
Power. 

1 Chron. XXIX, 11. Thine, 
Lord, is the greatness, and the 
power, and the glory, and the 
victory, and the majesty : for all 
that is in the heaven and in the 
earth is thine; thine is the king- 
dom, Lord, and thou art exalted 
as head above all. 

Job XXVI, 6. He preserveth not 
the life of the wicked : but giveth 
right to the poor. 

7. He withdraweth not his eyes 
from the righteous : but with 
kings are they on the throne \ 
yea, he doth establish them for- 
ever, and they are exalted. 

8. And if they be bound in fet- 
ters, and be holden in cords of 
afiiiction J 

9. Then he sheweth them their 
work, and their transgressions 
that they have exceeded. 

10. He openeth also their ear 
to discipline, and commandeth 
that they return from iniquity. 

11. If they obey and serve him, 
they shall spend their days in 
prosperity, and their years in 
pleasures. 

12. But if they obey not, they 
shall perish by the sword, and 
they shall die without knowledge. 

13. But the hypocrites in heart 
heap up wrath : they cry not 
when he bindeth them. 

14. They die in youth, and their 
life is among the unclean. 

Job IX, 5. Which removeth the 
mountains, and they know not; 
which overturneth them in his 
anger ; 

6. Which shaketh the earth 
out of her place, and the pillars 
thereof tremble ; 

7. Which commandeth the sun, 
and it riseth not ; and sealeth up 
the stars ; 

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ihe heavens, and treadeth upon 
the waves of the sea ; 

9. Which maketh Arcturus, 
Orion, and Pleiades, and the 
chambers of the south ; 

10. Which doeth great things 
past finding out; yea, and won- 
ders without number. 

11. Lo, he goeth by me, and I 
see him not : he j^asseth on also, 
but I perceive him not. 

12. Behold, he taketh away, 
who can hinder him? who will 
say unto him, What doest thou ? 

Psalm lxxvii, 16. The waters 
saw thee, God, the waters saw 
thee; they were afraid: the 
depths also were troubled. 

17. The clouds poured out wa- 
ter: the skies sent out a sound: 
thine arrows also went abi'oad. 

18. The voice of thy thunder 
was in the heaven : the light- 
nings lightened the world : the 
earth trembled and shook. 

Psalm cxiv, 3. The sea saw it, 
and fied : Jordan was driven 
back. 

4. The mountains skipped like 
rams, and the little hills like 
lambs. 

5. What ailed thee, thou sea, 
that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, 
that thou wast driven back ? 

6. Ye mountains, that ye 
skipped like rams; and ye little 
hills, like iambs ? 

7. Tremble, thou earth, at the 
presence of the Lord, at the pres- 
ence of the God o^ Jacob. 

Job XI, 7. Canst thou by search- 
ing find out God ? canst thou find 
out the Almighty unto perfec- 
tion ? 

8. It is as high as heaven ; what 
canst thou do ? deeper than hell ; 
what canst thou know ? 

9. The measure thereof is longer 
than the earth, and broader than 
the sea. 

Job XXXVII, 22. Fair weather 
Cometh out of the north: with 
God is terrible majesty. 

23. Touching the Almighty, we 
can not find him out : he is excel- 
lent in power, and in judgment, 



and in plenty of justice: he will 
not affiict. 

Isaiah xliii, 16. Thus saith the 
Lord, which maketh a way in the 
sea, and a i^ath in the mighty 
waters ; 

17. Which bringeth forth the 
chariot and horse, the army and 
the power; they shall lie 'down 
together, they shall not rise ; they 
are extinct, they are quenched as 
tow. 

Isaiah l, 2. Wherefore, when I 
came, was there no man ? when I 
called, was there none to answer? 
Is my hand shortened at all, that 
it can not redeem? or have I no 
power to deliver? behold, at my 
rebuke I dry up the sea, I make 
the rivers a wilderness ; their fish 
stinketh, because there is no wa- 
ter, and dieth for thirst. 

3. I clothe the heavens with 
blackness, and I make sackcloth 
their covering. 

(5.) By the VniversalHy of his Do- 
minion, as xcell over Intelligent 
Beings as over the Material Uni- 
verse. 

Isaiah xl, 22. It is he that sit- 
teth upon the circle of the earth, 
and the inhabitants thereof are 
as grasshopi^ers ; that stretcheth 
out the heavens as a curtain, and 
spreadeth them out as a tent to 
dwell in : 

23. That bringeth the princes 
to nothing ; he maketh the judges 
of the earth as vanity. 

Psalm lxxv, 7. But God is the 
judge : he putteth down one, and 
setteth up another. 

Psalm xxii, 28. For the king- 
dom is the Lord's : and he is the 
governor among the nations. 

2 Peter ii, 4. For if God spared 
not the angels that sinned, but 
cast them down to hell, and deliv- 
ered them into chains of darkness, 
to be reserved unto judgment; 

5. And spared not the old world, 
but saved Xoah the eighth per- 
son, a preacher of righteousness, 
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6. And turning the cities of 
Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes 
condemned them with an over- 
throw, making them an ensample 
unto those that after should live 
ungodly. 

Dan. IV, 34. And at the end of 
the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted 
up mine eyes unto heaven-, and 
mine understanding returned 
unto me, and I blessed the Most 
High, and I praised and honored 
him that liveth forever, whose 
dominion is an everlasting do- 
minion, and his kingdom is from 
generation to generation : 

35. And all the inhabitants of 
the earth are reputed as nothing: 
and he doeth according to his will 
in the army of heaven, and among 
the inhabitants of the earth : and 
none can stay his hand, or say 
unto him. What doest thou ? 

Isaiah xl, 26. Lift u]) your eyes 
on high, and behold who hath 
created these things, that bring- 
eth out their host by number : he 
calleth them all by names by the 
greatness of his might, for that 
he is strong in power; not one 
faileth. 

Isaiah xlviii, 13. Mine hand 
also hath laid the foundation of 
the earth, and my right hand 
hath spanned the heavens : when 
I call unto them, they stand up 
together. 

(6.) Direct Scriptures, 

Gen. xvii, 1. And when Abram 
was ninety years old and nine, 
the Lord appeared to Abram, and 
said unto him, I am the Almighty 
God ; walk before me, and be thou 
perfect. 

Job IX, 12. Behold, he taketh 
away, who can hinder him ? who 
will say unto him, What doest 
thou? 

Isaiah xliii, 13. Yea, before the 
day was I am he ; and there is 
none that can deliver out of my 
hand : I will work, and who shall 
let it? 

Jer. xxxii, 17. Ah Lord God ! 
behold, thou hast made the heaven 



and the earth by thy great power 
and stretched-out arm, and there 
is nothing too hard for thee. 

Matt. XIX, 26. But Jesas beheld 
them, and said unto them. With 
men this is impossible; but with 
God all things are possible. 

Kev. t, 8. I am Alpha and 
Omega, the beginning and the 
ending, saith the Lord, which is, 
and which was, and which is to 
come, the Almighty. 

Eev. XI, 17. Saying, we give 
thee thanks, Lord God Al- 
mighty, which art, and wast, and 
art to come ; because thou hast 
taken to thee thy great power, 
and hast reigned. 

Eev. XIX, 6. And I heard as it 
were the voices of a great multi- 
tude, and as the voice of many 
waters, and as the voice of mighty 
thunderings, saying, Alleluiah: 
for the Lord God omnipotent 
reigneth. 

Psalm xciii, 1. The Lord reign- 
eth, he is clothed with majesty; 
the Lord is clothed with strength, 
wherewith he hath girded him- 
self: the world also is stablished, 
that it can not be moved. 

Psalm Lxii, 11. God hath spoken 
once; twice have I heard this; 
that power belongeth unto God. 

Psalm lxxxix, 13. Thou hast a 
mighty arm : strong is thy hand, 
and high is thy right hand. 

Ex. VI, 3. And I appeared unto 
Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto 
Jacob, by the name of God Al- 
mighty ; but by my name JEHO- 
VAH was I not known to them. 

Gen. VII, 1. And the Lord said 
unto iSToah, Come thou and all 
thy house into the ark ; for thee 
have I seen righteous before me 
in this generation. 

Jer. xxxit, 18. Thou shewest 
loving kindness unto thousands, 
and recomjDensest the iniquity of 
the fathers into the bosom of 
their children after them : The 
Great, The Mighty God, The Lord 
of hosts, is his name. 

Jer. X, 6. Forasmuch as there 
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thou art great, and thy name is 
great in might. 

Deut. Ill, 24. Lord God, thou 
hast begun to shew thy serTant 
thy greatness, and thy mighty 
hand : for what God is there in 
heaven or in earth, that can do 
according to thy works, and ac- 
cording to thy might ? 

1 Chrox. xxix, 11. Thine, 
Lord, is the greatness, and the 
power, and the glory, and the 
victory, and the majesty: for all 
that is in the heaven and in the 
earth is thine: thine is the king- 
dom, Lord, and thou art exalted 
as head above all. 

Isaiah xxvi, 4. I have not sat 
with vain persons, neither will I 
go in with dissemblers. 

1 Chrox. I, 25. Because the 
foolishness of God is wiser than 
men : and the weakness of God is 
stronger than men. 

6. Omxipresenxe. 

Jer. XXIII, 23. Am I a God at 
hand, saith the Lord, and not a 
God afar off? 

24. Can any hide himself in 
secret places that I shall not see 
liim? saith the Lord. Do not I 
fill heaven and earth ? saith the 
Lord. 

Isaiah lxvi, 1. Thus saith the 
Lord, The heaven is my throne, 
and the earth is my footstool : 
where is the house that ye build 
unto me, and where is the place 
of mv rest ? 

1 Kings viii, 27. But will God 
indeed dwell on the earth? be- 
hold, the heaven and heaven of 
heavens can not contain thee : 
how much less this house that I 
have builded ? 

Amos ix, 2. Though they dig 
into hell, thence shall mine'hand 
take them : though they climb up 
to heaven, thence will I bring 
them down : 

3. And though they hide them- 
selves in the top of Carmel, I will 
search and take them out thence ; 
and though they be hid from my 
Bight in the bottom of the sea, 



thence will I command the ser- 
pent, and he shall bite them. 

Psalm cxxxix, 7. Whither shall 
I go from thy spirit? or whither 
shall I flee from thy presence ? 

8. If I ascend up into heaven, 
thou art there : if I make my bed 
in hell, behold, thou art there. 

9. If I take the wings of the 
morning, and dwell in the utter- 
most parts of the sea \ 

10. Even there shall thy hand 
lead me, and thy right hand shall 
hold me. 

11. If I say, Surely the dark- 
ness shall cover me: even the 
night shall be light about me. 

Acts xvii, 2S. For in him we 
live, and move, and have our be- 
ing ; as certain also of your own 
poets have said, For we are also 
his oiispring. 

Matt, xviii, 20. For where two 
or three are gathered together in 
my name, there am I in the midst 
of them. 

Eph. I, 22. And hath put all 
things under his feet, and gave 
him to be the head over all things 
to the church, 

23. Which is his body, the full- 
ness of him that fiiieth all in all. 

7. Omniscience. 

Acts xv, IS. Known unto God 
are all his works from the begin- 
ning of the world. 

Psalm cxxxix, 1. Lord, thou 
hast searched me, and known me. 

2. Thou knowest my downsit- 
ting and mine uprising ; thou 
understandest mv thought afar 
off. 

3. Thou compassest my path 
and my lying down, and art ac- 
quainted with all my ways. 

4. For there is not a word in 
my tongue, but, lo, Lord, thou 
knowest it altogether. 

5. Thou hast beset me behind 
and before, and laid thine hand 
upon me. 

6. Such knowledge is too won- 
derful for me; it is high, and I 
can not attain unto it. 

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Spirit? or whither shall I flee 
from thy presence ? 

8. If I ascend up into heaven, 
thou art there ,* if I make my bed 
in hell, behold, thou art there. 

9. If I take the wings of the 
morning, and dwell in the utter- 
most parts of the sea ', 

10. Even there shall thy hand 
lead me, and thy right hand shall 
hold me. 

11. If I say, Surely the dark- 
ness shall cover me ; even the 
night shall be light about me. 

15. Yea, the darkness hideth 
not from thee ,• but the night 
Bhineth as the day : the darkness 
and the light are both alike to 
thee. 

Heb. IV, 13. ISTeither is there 
any creature that is not manifest 
in his sight : but all things are 
naked and opened unto the eyes 
of him with whom we have 
to do. 

PsALir xxxTii, 13. The Lord 
looketh from heaven ; he behold- 
eth all the sons of men. 

14. From the place of his hab- 
itation he looketh upon all the 
inhabitants of the earth. 

1 Chron. XXVIII, 9. And thou, 
Solomon my son, know thou the 
God of thy Father, and serve 
him with a perfect heart and 
with a willing mind : for the 
Lord searcheth all hearts, and 
understandeth all the imagina- 
tions of the thoughts : if thou 
seek him, he will be found of 
thee ; but if thou forsake him, he 
will cast thee oft' forever. 

Prov. XV, 3. The eyes of the 
Lord are in every place, behold- 
ing the evil and the good. 

Psalm xciv, 8. Understand, ye 
brutish among the people : and 
ye fools, when will ye be wise? 

9. He that planted the ear, shall 
he not hear ? he that formed the 
eye, shall he not see ? 

10. He that chastiseth the hea- 
then, shall not he correct? he 
that teacheth man knowledge, 
shall not he know ? 

Psalm cxlvii, 5. Great is our 



Lord, and of great power: his 
understanding is infinite. 

1 Sam. II, 3. Talk no more so 
exceeding proudly,* let not arro- 
gancy come out of your mouth : 
for the Lord is a God of knowl- 
edge, and by him actions are 
weighed. 

Job XXXVII, 16. Dost thou know 
the balancings of the clouds, the 
wondrous works of him which is 
perfect in knowledge ? 

Isaiah xl, 28. Hast thou not 
known ? hast thou not heard, that 
the everlasting God, the Lord, the 
Creator of the ends of the earth, 
fainteth not, neither is weary? 
there is no searching of his un- 
derstanding. 

EoM. II, 33. the depth of the 
riches both of the wisdom and 
knowledge of God ? how unsearch- 
able are his judgments, and his 
ways past finding out I 

Dan. II, 22, He revealeth the 
deep and secret things : he know- 
eth what is in the darkness, and 
the light dwelleth with him. 

1 John hi, 20. For if our heart 
condemn us, God is greater than 
our heart, and knoweth all things. 

1 Kings viii, 39. Then hear thou 
in heaven thy dwelling-place, and 
forgive, and do, and give to every 
man according to his ways, whose 
heart thou knowest : (for thou, 
even thou only, knowest the 
hearts of all the children of men.) 

Job XXIV, 1. Why, seeing times 
are not hidden from the Almighty, 
do they that know him not see his 
days ? 

Psalm xliv, 21. Shall not God 
search this out? for he knoweth 
the secrets of the heart. 

Prov. v, 21. For the ways of 
man are before the eyes of the 
Lord, and he pondereth all his 
goings. 

Jer. XXIII, 23. Am I a God at 
hand, saith the Lord, and not a 
God afar oft^? 

EzEK. XI, 5. And the Spirit of 
the Lord fell upon me, and said 
unto me, Speak; Thus saith the 
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of Israel : for I know the things 
that come into your mind, every 
one of them. 

Acts i, 24. And they prayed, 
and said, Thou, Lord, which 
knowest the hearts of all men, 
shew whether of these two thou 
hast chosen. 

8. Wisdom. 

Psalm civ, 24. Lord, how 
manifold are thy works I in wis- 
dom hast thou made them all: 
the earth is full of thy riches. 

1 Tim. I, 17. Now unto the King 
eternal, immortal, invisible, the 
only wise God, be honor and glory 
forever and ever. Amen. 

JuDE 25. To the only wise God 
our Savior, be glory and majesty, 
dominion and power, both now 
and ever. Amen. 

EoM. XVI, 27. To God only wise, 
be glory through Jesus Christ for- 
ever. Amen. 

1 CoR. I, 25. Because the fool- 
ishness of God is wiser than 
men ; and the weakness of God is 
stronger than men. 

Eph. I, 8. "Wherein he hath 
abounded toward us in all wisdom 
and prudence. 

Eph. Ill, 9. And to make all 
men see what is the fellowship 
of the mystery, which from the 
beginning of the world hath been 
hid in God, who created all things 
by Jesus Christ: 

10. To the intent that now unto 
the principalities and powers in 
heavenly places might be known 
by the Church the manifold wis- 
dom of God. 

CoL. II, 3. In whom are hid 
all the treasures of wisdom and 
knowledge. 

9. Goodness. 

Love — Kindness — Long -Suffering— Mev' 
cy — Compassion — Forgiveness , etc . 

Psalm lxxxvi, 5. For thou, 
Lord, art good, and ready to 
forgive; and plenteous in mercy 
unto all them that call u^^on 
thee. 
•-Psalm cix, 68. Thou art good. 



and doest good: teach me thy 
statutes. 

Psalm cvi, 1. Praise ye the 
Lord. give thanks unto the 
Lord; for he is good: for his 
mercy endureth forever. 

James i, 17. Every good gift and 
every perfect gift is from above, 
and cometh down from the Fa- 
ther of lights, with whom is no 
variableness, neither shadow of 
turning. 

Psalm xxv, 8. Good and upright 
is the Lord : therefore will he 
teach sinners in the way. 

Matt, xix, 17. And he said unto 
him. Why callest thou me good? 
there is none good but one, that 
is, God: but if thou wilt enter 
into life, keep the command- 
ments. 

2 Chron. V, 13. It came even 
to pass, as the trumpeters and 
singers were as one, to make one 
sound to be heard in praising and 
thanking the Lord ; and when 
they lifted up their voice with 
the trumpets and cymbals and 
instruments of music, and praised 
the Lord, saying, For he is good; 
for his mercy endureth forever: 
that then the house was filled 
with a cloud, even the house of 
the Lord. 

Psalm xxxiv, 8. taste and see 
that the Lord is good: blessed is 
the man that trusteth in him. 

Psalm c, 5. For the Lord is 
good; his mercy is everlasting; 
and his truth endureth to all gen- 
erations. 

Ex. XXXIV, 6. And the Lord 
passed by before him, and pro- 
claimed. The Lord, The Lord 
God, merciful and gracious, long- 
suffering, and abundant in good- 
ness and truth. 

Psalm xxxi, 19. how great 
is thy goodness, which thou hast 
laid up for them that fear thee; 
which thou hast wrought for 
them that trust in thee before 
the sons of men I 

1 John iv, 8. He that loveth 
not, knoweth not God ; for God is 
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Psalm xxv, 6. Remember, 
Lord, thy tender mercies and thy 
loving-kindnesses; for they have 
been ever of old. 

Isaiah lxiii, 7. I will mention 
the loving-kindnesses of the Lord, 
and the praises of the Lord, ac- 
cording to all that the Lord hath 
bestowed on us, and the great 
goodness toward the house of Is- 
rael, which he hath bestowed on 
them according to his mercies, 
and according to the multitude 
of his loving-kindnesses. 

Ex. XXXIV, 7. Keeping mercy 
for thousands, forgiving iniquity 
and transgression and sin, and. 
that will by no means clear the 
guilty ; visiting the iniquity of 
the fathers upon the children, 
and upon the children's children, 
unto the third and to the fourth 
generation. 

Num. XIV, 18. The Lord is long- 
suffering, and of great mercy, 
forgiving iniquity and transgres- 
sion, and by no means clearing 
the guilty, visiting the iniquity 
of the fathers upon the children 
unto the third and fourth gen- 
eration. 

Psalm xxiii, 6. Surely goodness 
and mercy shall follow me all the 
days of my life ; and I will dwell 
in the house of the Lord forever. 

Psalm lxii, 12. Also unto thee, 
Lord, belongeth mercy : for 
thou renderest to every man ac- 
cording to his work. 

Luke i, 72. To perform the 
mercy promised to our fathers, 
and to remember his holy cov- 
enant ; 

73. The oath which he sware to 
our father Abraham, 

74. That he would grant unto 
us, that we, being delivered out 
of the hand of our enemies, might 
serve him without fear, 

75. In holiness and righteous- 
ness before him, all the days of 
our life. 

76. And thou, child, shalt be 
called the prophet of the Highest : 
for thou shalt go before the face 
of the Lord to prepare his ways; 



77. To give knowledge of sal- 
vation unto his people by the re- 
mission of their sins, 

78. Through the tender mercy 
of our God ; whereby the day- 
spring from on high hath vis- 
ited us. 

Jer. hi, 12. Go and proclaim 
these words toward the north, 
and say, Return, thou backslid- 
ing Israel, saith the Lord ; and I 
will not cause mine anger to fall 
upon you ; for I am merciful, 
saith the Lord, and I will not 
keep anger forever. 

Psalm lxxxvi, 15. But thou, 
Lord, art a God full of compas- 
sion, and gracious, long-suffering, 
and plenteous in mercy and truth. 

Rom. II, 4. Or despisest thou the 
riches of his goodness and for- 
bearance and long-suffering ,* not 
knowing that the goodness of God 
leadeth thee to repentance? 

2 Peter hi, 9. The Lord is not 
slack concerning his promise, as 
some men count slackness; but 
is long-suffering to us-ward, not 
willing that any should perish, 
but that all should come to re- 
pentance. 

10. But the day of the Lord will 
come as a thief in the night; in 
the which the heavens shall pass 
away with a great noise, and the 
elements shall melt with fervent 
heat, the earth also and the works 
that are therein shall be burned 
up. 

11. Seeing then that all these 
things shall be dissolved, what 
manner of persons ought ye to be 
in all holy conversation and god- 
liness. 

12. Looking for and hasting 
unto the coming of the day of 
God, wherein the heavens being 
on fire shall be dissolved, and the 
elements shall melt with fervent 
heat ? 

13. Nevertheless we, according 
to his promise, look for new heav- 
ens and a new earth, wherein 
dwelleth righteousness. 

14. Wherefore, beloved, seeing 
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diligent that ye may be found of 
him in peace, without spot, and 
blameless. 

15. And account that the long- 
suffering of our Lord is salvation; 
even as our beloved brother Paul 
also according to the. wisdom 
given unto him hath written 
unto you. 

Deut. XIII, 17. And there shall 
cleave naught of the cursed thing 
to thine hand : that the Lord may 
turn from the fierceness of his 
anger, and shew thee mercy, and 
have compassion upon thee, and 
multiply thee, as he hath sworn 
unto thy fathers; 

18. When thou shalt hearken 
to the voice of the Lord thy God, 
to keep all his commandments 
which I command thee this day, 
to do that which is right in the 
eyes of the Lord thy God. 

Psalm lxxviii, 38. But he, be- 
ing full of compassion, forgave 
their iniquity, and destroyed 
them not : yea, many a time 
turned he his anger away, and 
did not stir up all his wrath. 

Psalm xcix, 8. Thou answerdest 
them, Lord our God : thou wast 
a God that forgavest them, though 
thou tookest vengeance of their 
inventions. 

Psalm cxxx, 4. But there is 
forgiveness with thee, that thou 
mayest be feared. 

Dax. IX, 9. To the Lord our God 
belong mercies and forgivenesses, 
though we have rebelled against 
him. 

EoM. Ill, 25. Whom God hath 
set forth to be a propitiation 
through faith in his blood, to 
declare his righteousness for the 
remission of sins that are past, 
through the forbearance of God. 

2 Chron. XXX, 18. For a multi- 
tude of the people, even many of 
Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar 
and Zebulun, had not cleansed 
themselves, yet did they eat the 
passover otherwise than it was 
written. But Hezekiah prayed 
for them, saying, The good Lord 
pardon every one. 



Isaiah xxv, 7. And he will de- 
stroy in this mountain the face 
of the covering cast over all peo- 
ple, and the veil that is spread 
over all nations. 

Jer. xxxiii, 8. And I will 
cleanse them from all their iniq- 
uity, whereby they have sinned, 
against me; and I will pardon 
all their iniquities, whereby they 
have sinned, and whereby they 
have transgressed against me. 

MiGAH VII, 18. Who is a God 
like unto thee, that pardoneth 
iniquity, and passeth by the 
transgression of the remnant of 
his heritage? he retaineth not 
his anger forever, because he de- 
li ghteth in mercy. 

Psalm li, 19. Then shalt thou 
be pleased with the sacrifices of 
righteousness, with burnt-ofi'er- 
ing and whole burnt-oflfering: 
then shall they ofiTer bullocks 
upon thine altar. 

Isaiah xliv, 21. Eemember 
these, Jacob and Israel; for 
thou art my servant: I have 
formed thee; thou art my serv- 
ant: Israel, thou shalt not be 
forgotten of me. 

22. I have blotted out, as a 
thick cloud, thy transgressions, 
and, as a cloud, thy sins : return 
unto me; for I have redeemed 
thee. 

23. Sing, ye heavens; for the 
Lord hath done it: shout, ye 
lower parts of the earth : break 
forth into singing, ye mountains, 
forest, and every tree therein : 
for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, 
and glorified himself in Israel. 

10. Holiness. 

2 Kings xix, 22. Whom hast thou 
reproached and blasphemed? and 
against whom hast thou exalted 
thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes 
on high? even against the Holy 
One of Israel. 

1 Sam. II, 2. There is none holy 
as the Lord: for there is none be- 
sides thee: neither is there any 
rock like our God. 

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thee, Lord, among the gods? 
who is like thee, glorious in holi- 
ness, fearful in praises, doing 
wonders ? 

Heb. I, 13. But to which of the 
angels said he at any time, Sit on 
my right hand, until I make thine 
enemies thy footstool? 

Isaiah -vt, 3. And one cried 
unto another, and said. Holy, 
holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts : 
the whole earth is full of his 
glory. 

Eev. IV, 8. And the four beasts 
had each of them six wings about 
him ; and they were full of eyes 
within : and they rest not day and 
night, saying. Holy, holy, holy. 
Lord God Almighty, which was, 
and is, and is to come. 

Eev. XV, 4. Who shall not fear 
thee, Lord, and glorify thy 
name? for thou only art holy: 
for all nations shall come and 
worship before thee; for thy 
judgments are made manifest. 

James i, 13. Let no man say 
when he is tempted, I am tempted 
of God ; for God can not be tempted 
with evil, neither tempteth he any 
man. 

Lev. XIX, 2. Speak unto all the 
congregation of the children of 
Israel, and say unto them, Ye 
shall be holy: for I the Lord 
your God am holy. 

Joshua xxiv, 19. And Joshua 
said unto the people. Ye can not 
serve the Lord: for he is a holy 
God; he is a jealous God; he will 
not forgive your transgressions 
nor your sins. 

Psalm xxii, 3. But thou art 
holy, thou that inhabitest the 
praises of Israel. 

Eev. Ill, 7. And to the angel of 
the church in Philadelphia write ; 
These things saith he that is holy, 
he that is true, he that hath the 
key of David, he that openeth, 
and no man shutteth ; and shut- 
teth, and no man openeth. 

Psalm v, 4. For thou art not a 
God that hath pleasure in wick- 
edness : neither shall evil dwell 
with thee. 



5. The foolish shall not stand in 
thy sight : thou hatest all workers 
of iniquity. 

Isaiah xliii, 15. I am the Lord, 
your Holy One, the Creator of Is- 
rael, your King. 

II. Justice and Truth. 

Deut. XXXII, 4. He is the Eock, 
his work is perfect; for all his 
ways are judgment: a God of 
truth and without iniquity, just 
and right is he. 

Heb. VI, 10. For God is not un- 
righteous to forget your work and 
labor of love, which ye have 
shewed toward his name, in that 
ye have ministered to the saints, 
and do minister. 

1 John i, 9. If we confess our 
sins, he is faithful and just to 
forgive us our sins, and to cleanse 
us from all unrighteousness. 

Job VIII, 3. Loth God pervert 
judgment? or doth the Almighty 
pervert justice? 

Job XXXIV, 12. Yea, surely God 
will not do wickedly, neither will 
the Almighty pervert judgment. 

Acts x, 34. Then Peter opened 
his mouth, and said. Of a truth I 
perceive that God is no respecter 
of persons. 

Eph. VI, 9. And, ye masters, 
do the same things unto them, 
forbearing threatening: knowing 
that your Master also is in heaven ; 
neither is there respect of persons 
with him. 

Deut. X, 17. For the Lord your 
God is God of gods, and Lord of 
lords, a great God, a mighty, and 
a terrible, which regardeth not 
persons, nor taketh reward. 

Job XXXIV, 19. How much less 
to him that accepteth not the 
persons of princes, nor regard- 
eth the rich more than the poor? 
for they all are the work of his 
hands. 

Psalm xxv, 10. All the paths of 
the Lord are mercy and truth 
unto such as keep his covenant 
and his testimonies. 

Psalm xix, 9. The fear of the 
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the judgments of the Lord are 
true and righteous altogether. 

Psalm lvii, 10. For thy mercy 
is great unto the heavens, and 
thy truth unto the clouds. 

Heb. yi, 18. That by two im- 
mutable things, in which it was 
impossible for God to lie, we might 
have a strong consolation, who 
have fled for refuge to lay hold 
upon the hope set before us. 

Deut. VII, 9. Know therefore 
that the Lord thy God, he is God, 
the faithful God, which keepeth 
covenant and mercy with them 
that love him and keep his com- 
mandments to a thousand gen- 
erations ; 

10. And repayeth them that 
hate him to their face, to destroy 
them : he will not be slack to him 
that hateth him, he will repay 
him to his face. 

2 Tm. II, 13. If we believe not, 
yet he abideth faithful: he can 
not deny himself. 

Psalm hi, 7. The works of his 
hands are verity and judgment; 
all his commandments are sure. 

Isaiah xxviii, 17. Judgment 
also will I lay to the line, and 
righteousness to the plummet: 
and the hail shall sweep away 
the refuge of lies, and the waters 
shall OA'erflow the hiding-place. 

Pom. ii, 2. But we are sure that 
the judgment of God is according 
to truth against them which com- 
mit such things. 

3. And thinkest thou this, 
man, that judgest them which 
do such things, and doest the 
same, that thou shalt escape the 
judgment of God? 

4. Or despisest thou the riches 
of his goodness and forbearance 
and long-suflering: not knowing 
that the goodness of God leadeth 
thee to repentance? 

5. But, after thy hardness and 
impenitent heart, treasurest up 
unto thyself wrath against the 
day of wrath and revelation of 
the righteous judgment of God; 

6. Who will render to every 
man according to his deeds : 



7. To them who by patient con- 
tinuance in well-doing seek for 
glory and honor and immortality, 
eternal life : 

8. But unto them that are con- 
tentious, and do not obey the 
truth, but obey unrighteousness, 
indignation and wrath, 

9. Tribulation and anguish, 
upon every soul of man that do- 
eth evil; of the Jew first, and 
also of the Gentile; 

10. But glory, honor, and peace, 
to every man that worketh good ; 
to the Jew first, and also to the 
Gentile : 

11. For there is no respect of 
persons with God. 

Psalm vii, 11. God judgeth the 
righteous, and God is angry with 
the wicked every day. 

Heb. X, 30. For we know him 
that hath said. Vengeance belong- 
eth unto me, I will recompense, 
saith the Lord. And again, The 
Lord shall judge his peojile. 

31. It is a fearful thing to fall 
into the hands of the living God. 

12. Majesty and Glory. 

Beut. X, 17. For the Lord your 
God is God of gods, and Lord of 
lords, a great God, a mighty, and 
a terrible, which regardeth not 
persons, nor taketh reward. 

Psalm civ, 1. Bless the Lord, 
my soul. Lord my God, thou 
art very great ; thou art clothed 
with honor and majesty: 

2. Who coverest thyself with 
light as with a garment: who 
stretchest out the heavens like a 
curtain: 

3. Who layeth the beams of 
his chambers in the waters : who 
maketh the clouds his chariot: 
who walketh upon the wings of 
the wind: 

4. Who maketh his angels spir- 
its ; his ministers a flaming fire; 

5. W"ho laid the foundations of 
the earth, that it should not be 
removed forever. 

Job xxxvii, 22. Fair weather 
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23. Touching the Almighty, we 
can not find him out : he is excel- 
lent in power, and in judgment, 
and in plenty of justice: he will 
not afflict. 

24. Men do therefore fear him : 
he respecteth not any that are 
wise of heart. 

Psalm xxix, 1. Give unto the 
Lord, ye mighty, give unto the 
Lord glory and strength. 

2. Give unto the Lord the glory 
due unto his name; worship the 
Lord in the beauty of holiness. 

3. The voice of the Lord is upon 
the waters ; the God of glory thun- 
dereth: the Lord is upon many 
waters. 

4. The voice of the Lord is pow- 
erful ; the voice of the Lord is full 
of majesty. 

5. The voice of the Lord break- 
eth the cedars; yea, the Lord 
breaketh the cedars of Lebanon. 

6. He maketh them also to skip 
like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion 
like a young unicorn. 

7. The voice of the Lord divid- 
eth the flames of fire. 

8. The voice of the Lord shaketh 
the wilderness ; the Lord shaketh 
the wilderness of Kadesh. 

9. The voice of the Lord maketh 
the hinds to calve, and discover- 
eth the forests: and in his tem- 
ple doth every one speak of his 
glory. 

10. The Lord sitteth upon the 
flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King 
forever. 

11. The Lord will give strength 
unto his people; the Lord will 
bless his people with peace. 

Isaiah vi, 1. In the year that 
king Uzziah died I saw also the 
Lord sitting upon a throne, high 
and lifted up, and his train filled 
the temple. 

2. Above it stood the seraphim : 
each one had six wings; with 
twain he covered his face, and 
with twain he covered his feet, 
and with twain he did fly. 

3. And one cried unto another, 
and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the 



Lord of hosts : the whole earth is 
full of his glory. 

Dan. VII, 9. I beheld till the 
thrones were cast down, and the 
Ancient of days did sit, whose 
garment was white as snow, and 
the hair of his head like the pure 
wool : his throne was like the fiery 
flame, and his wheels as burning 
fire. 

10. A fiery stream issued and 
came forth from before him : thou-j 
sand thousands ministered unto* 
him, and ten thousand times ten 
thousand stood before him: the 
judgment was set, and the books 
were opened. 

Ex. XXXIII, 18. And he said, I 
beseech thee, shew me thy glory. 

19. And he said, I will make all 
my goodness pass before thee, and 
I will proclaim the name of the 
Lord before thee; and will be 
gracious to whom I will be gra- 
cious, and will shew mercy on 
whom I will shew mercy. 

20. And he said. Thou canst 
not see my face: for there shall 
no man see me, and live. 

21. And the Lord said. Behold, 
there is a place by me, and thou 
shalt stand upon a rock : 

22. And it shall come to pass, 
while my glory passeth by, that 
I will put thee in a cleft of the 
rock, and will cover thee with 
my hand while I pass by : 

23. And I will take away mine 
hand, and thou shalt see my back 
parts; but my face shall not be 
seen. 

RoM. II, 33. the depth of the 
riches both of the wisdom and 
knowledge of God 1 how unsearch- 
able are his judgments, and his 
ways past finding outl 

34. For who hath known the 
mind of the Lord? or who hath 
been his counselor? 

35. Or who hath first given to 
him, and it shall be recompensed 
unto him again? 

36. For of him, and through 
him, and to him, are all things: 
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CHAPTER III. 

PERSONALITIES IN THE GODHEAD, 
THE TRINITY IN UNITY. 

The word Trinity does not occur in the Scriptures, 
but this is no argument against the doctrine itself, 
since the Scriptures teach the divinity of the Son and 
of the Holy Ghost, as well as that of the Father; and 
as neither the divinity of the Father nor the unity of 
the Godhead was ever called in question at any period, 
it follows that the doctrine of the Trinity in unit}^ has 
been in substance, in all its constituent parts, always 
known among Christians. 

The testimony of the fathers is explicit in favor of 
this doctrine. Justin Martyr, in refuting the charge 
of atheism urged against the Christians because they 
did not believe in the gods of the heathen, expressly 
says: "We worship and adore the Father, and Son who 
came from him and taught us these things, and the 
prophetic Sj)irit." 

Athenagoras, in replying to the same charge, says: 
"Who would not wonder when he knows that we who 
call upon God the Father, and God the Son, and God 
the Holy Spirit, showing their power in the unity and 
their distinction in order, should be called atheists." 

Tertullian says: "There are three of one substance, 
and of one condition, and of one power, because there 
is one God." And he further adds: "The connection 
of the Father in the Son and of the Son in the Com- 
forter makes three united together, which three are one 
thing, not one person, as it is said, I and the Father 
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not of the singularity of numbers." And he adds: 
"The Father is God, and the Son is Gfod, and the 
Holy Ghost is God." Tertullian asserts that this doc- 
trine was in the Church prior to any heresy. 

Cyprian says, after reciting the form of baptism: 
"By it Christ delivered the doctrine of the Trinity, 
unto which mystery or sacrament the nations were to 
be baptized." 

In the charge and commission which our Savior 
gave to his disciples — Matthew xxviii, 19 — he said: 
"Go and teach all nations, baptizing them in the 
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy 
Ghost." The Gospel was a covenant or conditional 
offer of salvation to men. Baptism was the appointed 
ordinance by which men were to be admitted into that 
covenant, by which that offer was made and accepted. 
This being to be made with God himself, the ordi- 
nance must, of course, be made in his name; but 
Christ directed that it should be performed in the 
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy 
Ghost, and therefore we conclude that God is the same 
as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Since 
baptism is to be performed in the name of the Father, 
and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, they must be 
all three persons. And since no superiority or differ- 
ence whatever is mentioned in this solemn form of 
baptism, we conclude that all three of these persons 
are of one substance, power, and eternity. The Apos- 
tolic benediction teaches the same doctrine. Paul uses 
this language: "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost 
be with you." The manner in which Christ and the 
Holy Ghost are here mentioned clearly implies that 
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or fellowship, and these three great blessings of grace, 
love, and fellowship being respectively prayed for by 
the inspired apostle from Jesus Christ, God the Father, 
and the Holy Ghost, without any intimation of disparity, 
we conclude that these three persons are equally divine. 
This solemn benediction is certainly a clear proof of 
the doctrine of the Trinity, since it acknowledges the 
divinity of Jesus Christ and of the Holy Ghost. 

THE TRINITY. 



I. God's names have, in He- 
brew, PLURAL FORMS, and are 
connected with plural modes of 

Si 



Gen. I, 26. And God said, Let 
us make man in our image, after 
our likeness: and let them have 
dominion over the fish of the sea, 
and over the fowl of the air, and 
over the cattle, and over all the 
earth, and over every creeping 
thing that creepeth upon the 
earth. 

Gen. Ill, 22. And the Lord God 
said. Behold, the man is become 
as one of us, to know good and 
evil : and now, lest he put forth 
his hand, and take also of the 
tree of life, and eat, and live for- 
ever. 

Gen. XI, 7. Go to, let us go 
down, and there confound their 
language, that they may not un- 
derstand one another's speech. 

2. Three persons, and three 

ONLY, are spoken OF UNDER 

Divine titles. 

IS'uM. VI, 24. The Lord bless 
thee, and keep thee: 

25. The Lord make his face 
shine upon thee, and be gracious 
unto thee : 

26. The Lord lift up his counte- 
nance upon thee, and give thee 
peace. 

Isaiah vi, 3. And one cried 
unto another, and said, Holy, 
holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts : 



the whole earth is full of his 
glory. 

Isaiah vi, 8. Also I heard the 
voice of the Lord, saying. Whom 
shall I send, and who will go for 
us? Then said I, Here am I; 
send me. 

John xii, 41. These things said 
Esaias, when he saw his glory, 
and spake of him. 

Acts xxviii, 25. And when they 
agreed not among themselves, 
they departed, after that Paul 
had spoken one word. Well spake 
the Holy Ghost by Esaias the 
prophet unto our fathers. 

Isaiah xlviii, 16. Come ye near 
unto me, hear ye this ; I have not 
spoken in secret from the begin- 
ning; from the time that it Avas, 
there am I: and now the Lord 
God, and his Spirit, hath sent 
me. 

Isaiah XXXIV, 16. Seek ye out of 
the book of the Lord, and read: 
no one of these shall fail, none 
shall want her mate: for my 
mouth it hath commanded, and 
his spirit it hath gathered them. 

Haggai II, 4. Yet now be 
strong, Zerubbabel, saith the 
Lord; and be strong, Joshua, 
son of Josedech, the high priest; 
and be strong, all ye people of the 
land, saith the Lord, and work: 
for I am with you, saith the Lord 
of hosts: 

5. According to the word that 
I covenanted with you when ye 
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remaineth among you: fear ye 
not. 

6. For thus saith the Lord of 
hosts; Yet once, it is a little 
while, and I will shake the heav- 
ens, and the earth, and the sea, 
and the dry land ; 

7. And I will shake all nations, 
and the desire of all nations shall 
come: and I will fill this house 
with glory, saith the Lord of 
hosts. 

Matt, xxviii, 19. Go ye there- 
fore, and teach all nations, bap- 
tizing them in the name of the 
Father, and of the Son, and of 
the Holy Ghost. 

2 Cor. xiii, 14. The grace of 
the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
love of God, and the communion 



of the Holy Ghost, be with you 
all. Amen. 

3. Baptism is in the name of 

THREE Divine persons. 

Matt, xxviii, 19. Go ye there- 
fore, and teach all nations, bap- 
tizing them in the name of the 
Father, and of the Son, and of 
the Holy Ghost. 

4. The Apostolic Benediction 

is in the name of three 
Divine persons. 

■2 CoR. XIII, 14. The grace of 
the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
love of God, and the communion 
of the Holy Ghost, be with you 
all. Amen. 



CHAPTER IV 



DIVINITY OF CHRIST PROVEN. 



I. By HIS pre-existence. 

John hi, 17. For God sent not 
his Son into the world to condemn 
the world; but that the world 
through him might be saved. 

I John iv, 2. Hereby know ye 
the Spirit of God: Every spirit 
that confesseth that Jesus Christ 
is come in the flesh is of God. 

Heb. II, 14. Forasmuch then as 
the children are partakers of flesh 
and blood, he also himself like- 
wise took part of the same : that 
through death he might destroy 
him that had the power of death, 
that is, the devil. 

Phil, ii, 8. And being found in 
fashion as a man, he humbled 
himself, and became obedient 
unto death, even the death of the 
cross." 

John xiii, 15. John bare wit- 
ness of him, and cried, say- 
ing, This was he of whom I 
spake, He that cometh after me 



is preferred before me ; for he was 
before me. 

16. And of his fullness we have 
all received, and grace for grace. 

17. For the law was given by 
Moses, but grace and truth came 
by Jesus Christ. 

18. No man hath seen God at 
any time ,• the only begotten Son, 
which is in the bosom of the Fa- 
ther, he hath declared him. 

19. And this is the record of 
John, when the Jews sent priests 
and Levites from Jerusalem to 
ask him. Who art thou ? 

20. And he confessed, and de- 
nied not; but confessed, I am not 
the Christ. 

21. And they asked him. What 
then ? Art thou Elias ? And he 
saith, I am not. Art thou that 
Prophet? And he answered, No. 

22. Then said they unto him, 
Who art thou ? that we may give 
an answer to them that sent us. 
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23. He said, I am the voice of 
one crying in the wilderness, 
Make straight the way of the 
Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. 

24. And they which were sent 
were of the Pharisees. 

25. And they asked him, and 
said unto him, Why baptizest thou 
then, if thou be not that Christ, 
nor Elias, neither that Prophet? 

26. John answered them, say- 
ing, I baptize with water: but 
there standeth one among you, 
whom ye know not ; 

27. He it is, who coming after 
me is preferred before me, whose 
shoe's latchet I am not worthy to 
unloose. 

28. These things were done in 
Bethabara beyond Jordan, where 
John w^as baptizing. 

29. The next day John seeth 
Jesus coming unto him, and saith, 
Behold the Lamb of God, which 
taketh away the sin of the world ! 

30. This is he of whom I said. 
After me cometh a man which is 
preferred before me; for he was 
before me. 

John hi, 13. And no man hath 
ascended up to heaven, but he 
that came down from heaven, 
even the Son of man which is in 
heaven. 

John vi, 33. For the bread 
of God is he which cometh down 
from heaven, and giveth life unto 
the world. 

34. Then said they unto him. 
Lord, evermore give us this bread. 

B5. And Jesus said unto them, 
I am the bread of life: he that 
cometh to me shall never hunger ; 
and he that believeth on me shall 
never thirst. 

36. But .1 said unto you, That 
ye also have seen me, and believe 
not. 

37. All that the Father giveth 
me shall come to me: and him 
that cometh to me I will in no 
wise cast out. 

38. For I came down from 
heaven, not to do mine own will, 
but the will of him that sent me. 

39. And this is the Father's 



will that sent me, that of all 
w^hich he hath given me I should 
lose nothing, but should raise it 
up again at the last day. 

John vi, 42. And they said. Is 
not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, 
whose father and mother we 
know? how is it then that he 
saith, I came down from heaven ? 

John vi, 62. What and if ye 
shall see the Son of man ascend 
up where he was before? 

John hi, 31. He that cometh 
from above is above all: he that 
is of the earth is earthly, and 
speaketh of the earth: he that 
cometh from heaven is above all. 

John viii, 56. Your father 
Abraham rejoiced to see my day : 
and he saw it, and was glad. 

57. Then said the Jews unto 
him, Thou art not yet fifty years 
old, and hast thou seen Abraham ? 

58. Jesus said unto them. Ver- 
ily, verily, I say unto you, Before 
Abraham was, I am. 

John xvii, 5. And now, Fa- 
ther, glorify thou me with thine 
own self with the glory which I 
had with thee before the w^orld 
was. 

2. He was the Jehovah of the 
Old Testament. 

Ex. XXIII, 20. Behold, I send 
an Angel before thee, to keep thee 
in the way, and to bring thee into 
the place which I have prepared. 

21. Beware of him, and obey 
his voice, provoke him not; for 
he w^ill not pardon your trans- 
gressions : for my name is in him. 

Mal. Ill, 1. Behold, I will send 
my messenger, and he shall pre- 
pare the way before me : and the 
Lord, whom ye seek, shall sud- 
denly come to his temple, even 
the Messenger of the covenant, 
whom ye delight in : behold, he 
shall come, saith the Lord of 
hosts. 

Matt, xi, 10. For this is he of 
whom it is written. Behold, I 
send my messenger before thy 
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Luke i, 76. And thou, child, 
shalt be called the prophet of the 
Highest : for thou shalt go before 
the face of the Lord to prepare 
his ways. 

John hi, 28. Ye yourselves 
bear me witness, that I said, I 
am not the Christ, but that I am 
sent before him. 

Gen. XXII, 16. And said. By 
myself have I sworn, saith the 
Lord, for because thou hast done 
this thing, and hast not withheld 
thy son, thine only son, 

17. That in blessing I will bless 
thee, and in multiplying I will 
multiply thy seed as the stars of 
the heaven, and as the sand 
which is upon the sea shore; and 
thy seed shall possess the gate of 
his enemies : 

18. And in thy seed shall all the 
nations of the earth be blessed; 
because thou hast obeyed my 
voice. 

Ex. Ill, 2. And the Angel of 
the Lord appeared unto him in a 
flame of fire out of the midst of a 
bush: and he looked, and, be- 
hold, the bush burned with fire, 
and the bush was not consumed. 

3. And Moses said, I will now 
turn aside, and see this great 
sight, why the bush is not 
burnt. 

4. And when the Lord saw that 
he turned aside to see, God called 
unto him out of the midst of the 
bush, and said, Moses, Moses: 
and he said, Here am I. 

5. And he said. Draw not nigh 
hither ; put off thy shoes from off 
thy feet; for the place whereon 
thou standest is holy ground. 

6. Moreover he said, I am the 
God of thy father, the God of 
Abraham, the God of Isaac, and 
the God of Jacob. And Moses hid 
his face ; for he was afraid to look 
upon God. 

7. And the Lord said I have 
surely seen the affliction of my 
people which are in Egypt, and 
have heard their cry by reason 
of their taskmasters; for I know 
their sorrows ; 



8. And I am come down to de- 
liver them out of the hand of the 
Egyptians, and to bring them up 
out of that land unto a good land 
and a large, unto a land flowing 
with milk and honey; unto the 
place of the Canaanites, and the 
Hittites, and the Amorites, and 
the Perizzites, and the Hivites, 
and the Jebusites. 

9. Now therefore, behold, the 
cry of the children of Israel is 
come unto me : and I have also 
seen the oppression wherewith 
the Egyptians oppress them. 

10. Come now therefore, and. I 
will send thee unto Pharaoh, that 
thou mayest bring forth my peo- 
ple the children of Israel out of 
Egypt. 

11. And Moses said unto God, 
Who am I, that I should go unto 
Pharaoh, and that I should bring 
forth the children of Israel out of 
Egypt? 

12. And he said. Certainly I 
will be with thee ; and this shall 
be a token unto thee, that I 
have sent thee: When thou hast 
brought forth the people out of 
Egypt, ye shall serve God upon 
this mountain. 

13. And Moses said unto God, 
Behold, when I come unto the 
children of Israel, and shall say 
unto them, The God of your fa- 
thers hath sent me unto you ; and 
they shall say to me, What is his 
name? what shall I say unto 
them? 

14. And God said unto Moses, I 
AM THAT I AM: and he said, 
Thus shalt thou say unto the 
children of Israel, I AM hath 
sent me unto you. 

15. And God said moreover, 
unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say 
unto the children of Israel, The 
Lord God of your fathers, the God 
of Abraham, the God of Isaac, 
and the God of Jacob, hath sent 
me unto you : this is my name for- 
ever, and this is my memorial 
unto all generations. 

Isaiah xlii, 8. I am the Lord; 
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will I not give to another, neither 
my praise to graven images. 

Psalm lxxxiii, ]8. That men 
may know that thou, whose name 
alone is JEHOVAH, art the most 
high over all the earth. 

3. Divine Titles Ascribed to 
Christ. 

(1.) He is called God, 

Isaiah vii, 14. Therefore the 
Lord himself shall give you a 
sign; Behold, a virgin shall con- 
ceive, and bear a son, and shall 
call his name Immanuel. 

Matt, i, 23. Behold, a virgin 
shall be with child, and shall 
bring forth a son, and they shall 
call his name Emmanuel, which 
being interpreted is, God with us. 

Isaiah ix, 6. For unto us a child 
is born, unto us a son is given: 
and the government shall be upon 
his shoulder: and his name shall 
be called "Wonderful, Counselor, 
The mighty God, The everlasting 
Father, The Prince of Peace. 

John i, 1. In the beginning was 
the Word, and the Word was with 
God, and the Word was God. 

John xx, 28. And Thomas an- 
swered and said unto him, My 
Lord and my God. 

Acts xx, 28. Take heed there- 
fore unto yourselves, and to all 
the flock, over the which the 
Holy Ghost hath made you over- 
seers, to feed the church of God, 
which he hath purchased with 
his own blood. 

Rom. IX, 5. Whose are the fa- 
thers, and of whom as concern- 
ing the flesh Christ came, who 
is over all, God blessed forever. 
Amen. 

Phil, ii, 6. Who, being in the 
form of God, thought it not rob- 
bery to be equal with God. 

1 Thess. I, 10. And to wait for 
his Son from heaven, whom he 
raised from the dead, even Jesus. 

1 Tim. Ill, 16. And without con- 
troversy great is the mystery of 
godliness: God was manifest in 
the flesh, justified in the Spirit, 



seen of angels, preached unto the 
Gentiles, believed on in the world, 
received up into glory. 

Titus I, 3. But hath in due times 
manifested his word through 
preaching, which is committed 
unto me according to the com- 
mandment of God our Savior. 

Titus ii, 10. Kot purloining, 
but shewing all good fidelity; 
that they may adorn the doctrine 
of God our Savior in all things. 

Titus ii, 13. Looking for that 
blessed hope and the glorious ap- 
pearing of the great God and our 
Savior, Jesus Christ. 

Heb. I, 8. But unto the Son he 
saith. Thy throne, God, is for- 
ever and ever : a scepter of right- 
eousness is the scepter of thy 
kingdom. 

Heb. Ill, 4. For every house is 
builded by some man; but he 
that built all things is God. 

1 John hi, 16. Hereby perceive 
we the love of God, because he 
laid down his life for us: and we 
ought to lay down our lives for 
the brethren. 

1 John v, 20. And we know 
that the Son of God is come, and 
hath given us an understanding, 
that we may know him that is 
true; and we are in him that is 
true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. 
This is the true God, and eternal 
life. 

(2.) He is called Lord. 

Psalm xc, 1. Lord, thou hast 
been our dwelling-place in all 
generations. 

Matt, xxii, 44. The Lord said 
unto my Lord, Sit thou on my 
right hand, till I make thine ene- 
mies thy footstool. 

Acts ii, 25. For David speak- 
eth concerning him, I foresaw 
the Lord always before my face; 
for he is on my right hand, that 
I should not be moved. 

Heb. i, 13. But to which of the 
angels said he atj^ny time. Sit on 
my right hand, until I make thine 
enemies thy footstool? 

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that crieth in the wildei-ness, Pre- 
pare ye the way of the Lord, make 
straight in the desert a highway 
for our God. 

Matt, hi, 3. For this is he that 
was spoken of by the prophet 
Esaias, saying, The voice of one 
crying in the wilderness, Prepare 
ye the way of the Lord, make his 
paths straight. 

Jer. XXIII, 6. In his days Judah 
shall be saved, and Israel shall 
dwell safely : and this is his name 
whereby he shall be called, THE 
LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

Joel ii, 32. And it shall come 
to pass, that whosoever shall call 
on the name of the Lord shall be 
delivered: for in Mount Zion and 
in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, 
as the Lord hath said, and in the 
remnant whom the Lord shall 
call. 

Mal. hi, 1. Behold, I will send 
my messenger, and he shall pre- 
pare the way before me: and the 
Lord, whom ye seek, shall sud- 
denly come to his temple, even 
the Messenger of the covenant, 
whom ye delight in : behold, he 
shall come, saith the Lord of 
hosts. 

Matt, vii, 21. Not every one 
that saith unto me. Lord, Lord, 
shall enter into the kingdom of 
heaven; but he that doeth the 
will of my Father which is in 
heaven. 

22. Many will say to me in that 
day. Lord, Lord, have we not 
prophesied in thy name? and in 
thy name have cast out devils? 
and in thy name done many won- 
derful works? 

Mark ii, 28. Therefore the Son 
of man is Lord also of the sab- 
bath. 

Luke ii, 11. For unto you is 
born this day in the city of David 
a Savior, which is Christ the 
Lord. 

Luke v, 8. When Simon Peter 
saw it, he fell down at Jesus' 
knees, saying. Depart from me; 
for I am a sinful man, Lord. 

Luke vi, 46. And why call ye 



me, Lord, Lord, and do not the 
things which I say? 

Luke xxiii, 42. And he said 
unto Jesus, Lord, remember me 
when thou comest into thy king- 
dom. 

John vi, 68. Then Simon Peter 
answered him. Lord, to whom 
shall Vv^e go? thou hast the words 
of eternal life. 

John xiii, 13. Ye call me Mas- 
ter and Lord: and ye say well: 
for so I am. 

Acts ii, 36. Therefore let all the 
house of Israel know assuredly, 
that God hath made that sa.me 
Jesus, whom ye have crucified, 
both Lord and Christ. 

Acts vii, 59. And they stoned 
Stephen, calling upon God, and 
saying. Lord Jesus, receive my 
spirit. 

Acts ix, 5. And he said. Who 
art thou. Lord? And the Lord 
said, I am Jesus whom thou per- 
secutest: it is hard for thee to 
kick against the pricks. 

Acts ix, 29. And he spake 
boldly in the name of the Lord 
Jesus, and disputed against the 
Grecians: but they went about to 
slay him. 

Acts x, 36. The word which 
God sent unto the children of Is- 
rael, preaching peace by Jesus 
Christ : he is Lord of all. 

Acts xvi, 31. And they said, 
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, 
and thou shalt be saved, and thy 
house. 

Acts xix, 10. And this contin- 
ued by the space of two years ; 
so that all they which dwelt in 
Asia heard the word of the Lord 
Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. 

RoM. X, 12. For there is no dif- 
ference between the Jew and the 
Greek : for the same Lord over all 
is rich unto all that call upon 
him. 

Rom. XIV, 9. For to this end 
Christ both died, and rose, and 
revived, that he might be Lord 
both of the dead and living. 

1 CoR. 1, 10. Now I beseech you, 
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Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the 
same thing, and that there be no 
divisions among you; but that ye 
be perfectly joined together in the 
same mind and in the same judg- 
ment. 

1 Cor. yi, 11. And such were 
some of you : but ye are washed, 
but ye are sanctified, but ye are 
justified in the name of the Lord 
Jesus, and by the Spirit of our 
God. 

1 Cor. VIII, 6. But to us there 
is but one God, the Father, of 
whom are all things, and we in 
him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, 
by whom are all things, and we 
by him. 

1 Cor. XV, 47. The first man is 
of the earth, earthy: the second 
man is the Lord from heaven. 

Phil, ii, 11. And that every 
tongue should confess that Jesus 
Christ is Lord, to the glory of God 
the Father. 

2 Thess. I, 7. And to you who 
are troubled rest with us, when 
the Lord Jesus shall be revealed 
from heaven with his mighty 
angels, 

8. In flaming fire taking ven- 
geance on them that know not 
God, and that obey not the Gospel 
of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

2 Peter i, 2. Grace and peace 
be multiplied unto you through 
the knowledge of God, and of 
Jesus our Lord. 

(3.) lie is called the Son of God. 

PsALSi II, 7. I will declare the 
decree: the Lord hath said unto 
me. Thou art my Son; this day 
have I begotten thee. 

Psalm lxxxix, 27. Also I will 
make him my first-born, higher 
than the kings of the earth. 

Isaiah IX, 6. For unto us a child 
is born, unto us a son is given: 
and the government shall be upon 
his shoulder: and his name shall 
be called Wonderful, Counselor, 
The mighty God, The everlasting 
Father, The Prince of Peace. 

Matt, hi, 17. And lo a voice 
from heaven, saying, This is my 



beloved Son, in whom I am well 
pleased. 

Matt, viii, 29. And, behold, 
they cried out, saying. What 
have we to do with thee, Jesus, 
thou Son of God? art thou come 
hither to torment us before the 
time? 

Luke i, 32. He shall be great, 
and shall be called the Son of the 
Highest; and the Lord God shall 
give unto him the throne of his 
father David. 

Luke i, 35. And the angel an- 
swered and said unto her. The 
Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, 
and the power of the Highest 
shall overshadow thee : therefore 
also that holy thing which shall 
be born of thee shall be called the 
Son of God. 

John i, 34. And I saw, and bare 
record that this is the Son of God. 

John i, 49. Nathanael answered 
and saith unto him, Eabbi, thou 
art the Son of God ; thou art the 
King of Israel. 

John v, 18. Therefore the Jews 
sought the more to kill him, be- 
cause he not only had broken the 
sabbath, but said also that God 
was his Father, making himself 
equal with God. 

John ix, 35. And the servant 
abideth not in the house forever : 
but the Son abideth ever. 

36. If the Son therefore shall 
make you free, ye shall be free 
indeed. 

37. I know that ye are Abra- 
ham's seed; but ye seek to kill 
me, because my word hath no 
place in you. 

John x, 36. Say ye of him, 
whom the Father hath sanctified, 
and sent into the world, Thou 
blasphemest ; because I said, I am 
the Son of God? 

John xix, 7. The Jews answered 
him. We have a law, and by our 
law he ought to die, because he 
made himself the Son of God. 

Acts hi, 13. The God of Abra- 
ham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, 
the God of our fathers, hath glo- 
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delivered up, and denied him in 
the presence of Pilate, when he 
was determined to let him go. 

John xx, 31. But these are writ- 
ten, that ye might helieve that 
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of 
God ; and that believing ye might 
have life through his name. 

Acts hi, 26. Unto you first, 
God having raised up his Son Je- 
sus sent him to bless you, in turn- 
ing away every one of you from 
his iniquities. 

Acts vii, 37. This is that Moses, 
which said unto the children of 
Israel, A Prophet shall the Lord 
your God raise up unto you of 
your brethren, like unto me j him 
shall ye hear. 

Acts ix, 20. And straightway 
he preached Christ in the syna- 
gogues, that he is the Son of God. 

EoM. I, 3. Concerning his Son 
Jesus Christ, our Lord, which was 
made of the seed of David ac- 
cording to the flesh; 

4. And declared to be the Son 
of God with power, according to 
the spirit of holiness, by the res- 
urrection from the dead. 

EoM. VIII, 32. He that spared 
not his own Son, but delivered 
him up for us all, how shall he 
not with him also freely give us 
all things. 

2 Cor. xi, 31. The God and Fa- 
ther of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
which is blessed for evermore, 
knoweth that I lie not. 

Eph. i, 3. Blessed be the God 
and Father of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, who hath blessed us with 
all spiritual blessings in heavenly 
places in Christ. 

1 John iv, 15. Whosoever shall 
confess that Jesus is the Son of 
God, God dwelleth in him, and he 
in God. 

1 John v, 5. Who is he that 
overcometh the world, but he 
that believeth that Jesus is the 
Son of God ? 

CoL. I, 3. We give thanks to 
God and the Father of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, praying always for 
you. 



Heb. I, 2. Hath in these last 
days spoken unto us by his Son, 
whom he hath appointed heir of 
all things, by whom also he made 
the worlds. 

(4.) Christy as the Son of God, 
calls God Father, 

Matt, xi, 25. At that time Je- 
sus answered and said, I thank 
thee, Father, Lord of heaven 
and earth, because thou hast hid \ 
these things from the wise and 
prudent, and hast revealed them 
unto babes. 

Mark xiii, 32. But of that day 
and that hour knoweth no man, 
no, not the angels which are in 
heaven, neither the Son, but the 
Father. 

Mark xiv, 36. And he said, 
Abba, Father, all things are pos- 
sible unto thee; take away this 
cup from me: nevertheless, not 
what I will, but what thou 
wilt. 

Luke x, 22. All things are de- 
livered to me of my Father : and 
no man knoweth who the Son is, 
but the Father ; and who the Fa- 
ther is, but the Son, and he to 
whom the Son will reveal him. 

Luke xii, 42. And the Lord 
said. Who then is that faithful • 
and wise steward, whom his Lord 
shall make ruler over his house- 
hold, to give them their portion 
of meat in due season ? 

Luke xxiii, 34. Then said Je- 
sus, Father, forgive them; for 
they know not what they do. 
And they parted his raiment, and 
cast lots. 

Luke xxiii, 46. And when Jesus 
had cried with a loud voice, he 
said. Father, into thy hands I 
commend my spirit : and having 
said thus, he gave up the ghost. 

John xx, 17. Jesus saith unto 
her, Touch me not ; for I am not 
yet ascended to my Father: but 
go to my brethren, and say unto 
them, I ascend unto my Father, 
and your Father; and to my God, 
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(5.) Christy as the So7i of God, is 
distinguished from created 
beings, hy the phrases, be- 
gotten, ONLY BEGOTTEN, etC. 

Psalm ii, 7. I will declare the 
decree : The Lord hath said unto 
me, Thou art my Son ; this day 
have I begotten thee. 

John i, 14. And the "Word was 
made flesh, and dwelt among us, 
and we beheld his glory, the glory 
as of the only begotten of the Fa- 
ther, full of grace and truth. 

John i, 18. Xo man hath seen 
God at any time ; the only begot- 
ten Son, which is in the bosom of 
the Father, he hath declared him. 

John hi, 16. For God so loved 
the world, that he gave his only 
begotten Son, that whosoever be- 
lieveth in him should not perish, 
but have everlasting life. 

Heb. I, 6. And again, when he 
bringeth in the first-begotten into 
the world, he saith, And let all 
the angels of God worship him. 

1 John iv, 9. In this was man- 
ifested the love of God toward us, 
because that God sent his only 
begotten Son into the world, that 
we might live through him. 

1 John v, 1. Whosoever believ- 
eth that Jesus is the Christ is 
born of God : and every one that 
loveth him that begat, loveth him 
also that is begotten of him. 

RoM. VIII, 3. For what the law 
could not do, in that it was weak 
through the flesh, God sending 
his own Son in the likeness of 
sinful flesh, and for sin, con- 
demned sin in the flesh. 

Gal. IV, 4. But when the full- 
ness of the time was come, God 
sent forth his Son, made of a wo- 
man, made under the law. 

(6.) Christ is one with the Father, 

John x, 30. I and my Father 
are one. 

John x, 38. But if I do, though 
ye believe not me, believe the 
works ,• that ye may know, and 
believe, that the Father is in me, 
and I in him. 



John xvii, 11. And now I am 
no more in the world, but these 
are in the world, and I come to 
thee. Holy Father, keep through 
thine own name those whom thou 
hast given me, that they may be 
one, as we are. 

John xvii, 22. And the glory 
which thou gavest me I have 
given them ; that they may be 
one, even as we are one. 

John xiv, 11. Believe me that I 
am in the Father, and the Father 
in me : or else believe me for the 
very works' sake. 

John xii, 44. Jesus cried and 
said. He that believeth on me, 
believeth not on me, but on him 
that sent me. 
I 45. And he that seeth me seeth 
him that sent me. 

John xv, 23. He that hateth 
me hateth my Father also. 

1 John ii, 23. "Whosoever denieth 
the Son, the same hath not the Fa- 
ther : but he that acknowledgeth 
the Son hath the Father also. 

Heb. i, 3. "Who, being the 
brightness of his glory and the 
express image of his person, and 
upholding all things by the word 
of his power, when he had by 
himself purged our sins, sat down 
on the right hand of the Majesty 
on high. 

John v, 22. For the Father 
judgeth no man, but hath com- 
mitted all judgment unto the 
Son. 

CoL. I, 19. For it pleased the 
Father that in him should all 
fullness dwell. 

(7.) The same things spoken of 
God, the Father, and of Christ. 

Eph. V, 5. For this ye know, 
that no whoremonger, nor unclean 
person, nor covetous man, who is 
an idolater, hath any inheritance 
in the kingdom of Christ and of 
God. 

1 John v, 7. For there are three 
that bear record in heaven, the 
Father, the "Word, and the Holy 
Ghost : and these three are one. 

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might be comforted, being knit 
together in love, and unto all 
riches of the full assurance of un- 
derstanding, to the acknowledg- 
ment of the mystery of God, and 
of the Father, and of Christ. 

2 Thess. II, 16. Forbidding us 
to speak to the Gentiles that they 
might be saved, to fill up their 
sins always : for the wrath is come 
upon them to the uttermost. 

17. But we, brethren, being 
taken from you for a short time 
in presence, not in heart, endeav- 
ored the more abundantly to see 
your face with great desire. 

1 Tim. VI, 13. I give thee charge 
in the sight of God, who quicken- 
eth all things, and before Christ 
Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate 
witnessed a good confession. 

Titus ii, 13. Looking for that 
blessed hope, and the glorious ap- 
pearing of the great God and our 
Savior Jesus Christ. 

Eev. XIV, 4. These are they 
which were not defiled with 
women; for they are virgins. 
These are they which follow the 
Lamb whithersoever he goeth. 
These were redeemed from among 
men, being the first-fruits unto 
God and to the Lamb. 

Eev. XXI, 22. And I saw i^o 
temple therein: for the Lord God 
Almighty and the Lamb are the 
temple of it. 

23. And the city had no need 
of the sun, neither of the moon, 
to shine in it : for the glory of God 
did lighten it, and the Lamb is 
the light thereof. 

(8.) Christ Equal with God. 

Phil, ii, 6. Who, being in the 
form of God, thought it not rob- 
bery to be equal with God. 

John v, 17. But Jesus answered 
them, My Father worketh hith- 
erto, and I work. 

John x, 37. If I do not the 
works of my Father, believe me 
not. 

38. But if I do, though ye be- 
lieve not me, believe the works ; 
that ye may know, and believe, 



that the Father is in me, and I in 
him. 

John xiv, 9. Jesus saith unto 
him. Have I been so long time 
with you, and yet hast thou not 
known me, Philip? he that hath 
seen me hath seen the Father; 
and how sayest thou then, Shew 
us the Father ? 

John xvii, 5. And now, Fa- 
ther, glorify thou me, with thine 
own self with the glory which I 
had with thee before the world 
was. 

John xvii, 8. For I have given 
unto them the words which thou 
gavest me; and they have re- 
ceived them, and have known 
surely that I came out from thee, 
and they have believed that thou 
didst send me. 

(9.) Christ is styled God's Fellow, 

Zech. xiii, 7. Awake, sword, 
against my Shepherd, and against 
the man that is my fellow, saith 
the Lord of hosts: smite the 
Shepherd, and the sheep shall be 
scattered: and I will turn mine 
hand upon the little ones. 

(10.) Christ is called the Word of 
God, 

John i, 1. In the beginning was 
the Word, and the Word was with 
God, and the Word was God. 

John i, 14. And the Word was 
made flesh, and dwelt among us, 
and we beheld his glory, the glory 
as of the only begotten of the Fa- 
ther, full of grace and truth. 

4. Divine Attributes Possessed 
BY Him. 

(1.) Eternity. 

Eev. xxii, 13. I am Alpha and 
Omega, the beginning and the 
end, the first and the last. 

Isaiah ix, 6. For unto us a child 
is born, unto us a son is given: 
and the government shall be upon 
his shoulder: and his name shall 
be called Wonderful, Counselor, 
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Eev. I, 17. And when I saw 
him, I fell at his feet as dead. 
And he laid his right hand upon 
me, saving unto me. Fear not ; I 
am the first and the last: 

18. I am he that liveth, and 
was dead ; and, behold, I am alive 
forever more. Amen ; and have 
the keys of hell and of death. 

Heb. XIII, 8. Jesus Christ the 
Bame yesterday, and to-day, and 
forever. 

Heb. I, 10. And, Thou, Lord, in 
the beginning hast laid the foun- 
dation of the earth : and the heav- 
ens are the works of thine hands. 

11. They shall perish, but thou 
remainest: and they all shall wax 
old as doth a garment; 

12. And as a vesture shalt thou 
fold them up, and they shall be 
changed : but thou art the same, 
and thy years shall not fail. 

1 John i, 2. For the life was 
manifested, and we have seen it, 
and bear witness, and shew unto 
you that eternal life, which was 
with the Father, and was mani- 
fested unto us. 

John viii, 58. Jesus said unto 
them, Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, Before Abraham was, I am. 

(2.) Omniscience, 

Matt, ix, 4. And Jesus know- 
ing their thoughts said, Where- 
fore think ye evil in your hearts ? 

Luke xx, 23. But he perceived 
their craftiness, and said unto 
them, Why tempt ye me? 

John ii, 24. But Jesus did not 
commit himself unto them, be- 
cause he knew all men, 

25. And needed not that any 
should testify of man: for he 
knew what was in man. 

John xvi, 30. !N'ow are we sure 
that thou knowest all things, and 
needest not that any man should 
ask thee: by this we believe that 
thou camest forth from God. 

John xxi, 17. He saith unto 
him the third time, Simon, son 
of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter 
was grieved because he said unto 
him the third time, Lovest thou 



me? And he said unto him, 
Lord, thou knowest all things ; 
thou knowest that I love thee. 
Jesus saith unto him, Feed my 
sheep. 

Matt, xviii, 20. For where two 
or three are gathered together in 
my name, there am I in the midst 
of them. 

John x, 15. As the Father 
knoweth me, even so know I the 
Father : and I lay down my life 
for the sheep. 

(3.) Omnipotence. 

Eev. i, 8. I am Alpha and 
Omega, the beginning and the 
ending, saith the Lord, which is, 
and which was, and which is to 
come, the Almighty. 

John xvi, 15. All things that 
the Father hath are mine : there- 
fore said I, that he shall take of 
mine, and shall shew it unto you. 

5. Divine acts are attributed 
TO him. 

(1.) Creation, 

John i, 3. All things were made 
by him ,• and without him was 
not any thing made that was 
made. 

•"John i, 10. He was in the 
world, and the world was made 
by him, and the world knew him 
not. 

EpS. Ill, 9. And to make all 
men see what is the fellowship of 
the mystery, which from the be- 
ginning of the world hath been 
hid in God, who created all things 
by Jesus Christ. 

Col. I, 16. For by him were all 
things created, that are in heaven, 
and that are in earth, visible 
and invisible, whether they be 
thrones, or dominions, or princi- 
palities, or powers : all things 
were created by him, and for 
him. 

17. And he is before all things, 
and by him all things consist. 

Heb. I, 2. Hath in these last 
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all things, by whom alsD he made 
the worlds. 

Heb. I, 10. And, Thou, Lord, in 
the beginning hast laid the foun- 
dation of the earth ; and the 
heavens are the works of thine 
hands. 

Heb. Ill, 3. For this man was 
counted worthy of more glory 
than Moses, inasmuch as he who 
hath builded the house hath more 
honor than the house. 

4. For every house is builded 
by some man ; but he that built 
all things is God. 

(2.) Preservation, 

Col. II, 17. Which are a shadow 
of things to come ; but the body 
is of Christ. 

Heb. I, 3. Who being the bright- 
ness of his glory, and the express 
image of his person, and uphold- 
ing all things by the word of his 
power, when he had by himself 
purged our sins, sat down on the 
right hand of the Majesty on high. 

(3.) The final destruction of the 
material universe attributed 
to Christ, 

Heb. I, 10. And, Thou, Lord, in 
the beginning hast laid the foun- 
dation of the earth : and the 
heavens are the works of thine 
hands. 

11. They shall perish, but thou 
remainest : and they all shall 
wax old as doth a garment : 

12. And as a vesture shalt thou 
fold them up, and they shall be 
changed : but thou art the same, 
and thy years shall not fail. 

2 Thess. I, 7. And to you who 
are troubled rest with us, when 
the Lord Jesus shall be revealed 
from heaven with his mighty 
angels, 

8. In flaming fire taking ven- 
geance on them that know not 
God, and that obey not the gospel 
of our Lord Jesus Christ : 

9. Who shall be punished with 
everlasting destruction from the 
presence of the Lord, and from 
the glory of his power. 



Rev. VI, 14. And the heaven 

departed as a scroll when it is 
rolled together ; and every mount- 
ain and island were moved out 
of their places. 

15. And the kings of the earth, 
and the great men, and the rich 
men, and the chief captains, and 
the mighty men, and every bond 
man, and every free man, hid 
themselves in the dens and in the 
rocks of the mountains : 

16. And said to the mountains 
and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us 
from the face of him that sitteth 
on the throne, and from the wrath 
of the Lamb : 

17. For the great day of his 
wrath is come ) and who shall be 
able to stand ? 

2 Pet. hi, 10. But the day of 
the Lord will come as a thief in 
the night; in the which the heav- 
ens shall pass away with a great 
noise, and the elements shall 
melt with fervent heat, the earth 
also and the works that are 
therein. 

(4.) Christ claimed to perform the 
works of his Father ^ and to 
possess original miraculous 
power, 

John v, 17. But Jesus answered 
them. My Father worketh hith- 
erto, and I work. 

18. Therefore the Jews sought , 
the more to kill him, because he 
not only had broken the sabbath, 
but said also that God was his 
Father, making himself equal 
with God. 

19. Then answered Jesus and 
said unto them, Verily, verily, I 
say unto you. The Son can do 
nothing of himself, but what he 
seeth the Father do: for what 
things soever he doeth, these also 
doeth the Son likewise. 

20. For the Father loveth the 
Son, and sheweth him all things 
that himself doeth : and he will 
shew him greater works than 
these, that ye may marvel. 

21. For as the Father raiseth up 
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even so the Son quickeneth whom 
he will. 

John x, 37. If I do not the 
works of my Father, believe me 
not. 

38. But if I do, though ye be- 
lieve not me, believe the works: 
that ye may know, and believe, 
that the Father is in me, and I in 
him. 

Luke x, 19. Behold, I give unto 
you power to tread on serpents 
and scorpions, and over all the 
power of the enemy : and noth- 
ing shall by any means hurt 
you. 

Luke ix, 1. Then he called his 
twelve disciples together, and 
gave them power and authority 
over all devils, and to cure dis- 
eases. 

Mark xvi, 17. And these signs 
shall follow them that believe ; In 
my name shall they cast out dev- 
ils ; they shall speak with new 
tongues. 

Acts hi, 16. And his name 
through faith in his name hath 
made this man strong, whom ye 
see and know : yea, the faith 
which is by him hath given him 
this perfect soundness in the 
presence of you all. 

(5.) He ^promised to send the Holy 
Ghost, 

John xvi, 7. Nevertheless I tell 
you the truth ; It is expedient for 
you that I go away : for if I go 
not away, the Comforter will not 
come unto you ; but if I depart, I 
will send him unto you. 

8. And when he is come, he 
will reprove the world of sin, and 
of righteousness, and of judg- 
ment : 

9. Of sin, because they believe 
not on me ; 

10. Of righteousness, because I 
go to my Father, and ye see me 
no more ; 

11. Of judgment, because the 
prince of this world is judged. 

12. I have yet many things to 
say unto you, but ye can not bear 
them now. 



13. Howbeit when he, the Spirit 
of truth, is come, he will guide 
you into all truth : for he shall 
not speak of himself; but what- 
soever he shall hear, that shall 
he speak : and he will shew you 
things to com.e. 

14. He shall glorify me : for he 
shall receive of mine, and shall 
shew it unto you. 

(6.) He gave the Holy Ghost, 

Acts ii, 33. Therefore being by 
the right hand of God exalted, 
and having received of the Father 
the promise of the Holy Ghost, 
he hath shed forth this, which ye 
now see and hear. 

Eph. IV, 8. Wherefore he saith, 
When he ascended up on high, 
he led captivity captive, and gave 
gifts unto men. 

9. Now that he ascended, what 
is it but that he also descended 
first into the lower parts of the 
earth ? 

10. He that descended is the 
same also that ascended up far 
above all heavens, that he might 
fill all things. 

11. And he gave some, apostles ; 
and some, prophets ; and some, 
evangelists ; and some, pastors 
and teachers ; 

12. For the perfecting of the 
saints, for the work of the minis- 
try, for the edifying of the body 
of Christ : 

13. Till we all come in the unity 
of the faith, and of the knowl- 
edge of the Son of God, unto a 
perfect man, unto the measure of 
the stature of the fullness of 
Christ. 

Psalm lxviii, 18. Thou hast 
ascended on high, thou hast led 
captivity captive : thou hast re- 
ceived gifts for men ; yea, for the 
rebellious also, that the Lord God 
might dwell among them. 

(7.) He forgave sins, 

Mark ii, 5. When Jesus saw 
their faith, he said unto the sick 
of the palsy, Son, thy sins be for- 
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6. But there were certain of the 
scribes sitting there, and reason- 
ing in their hearts, 

7. Why doth this man thus 
speak blasphemies ? who can for- 
give sins but God only ? 

8. And immediately when Je- 
sus perceived in his spirit that 
they so reasoned within them- 
selves, he said unto them. Why 
reason ye these things in your 
hearts ? 

9. Whether is it easier to say 
to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins 
be forgiven thee ; or to say, 
Arise, and take up thy bed, and 
walk? 

10. But that ye may know that 
the Son of man hath power on 
earth to forgive sins, (he saith to 
the sick of the palsy,) 

11. I say unto thee. Arise, and 
take up thy bed, and go thy way 
into thine house, 

Luke vii, 47. Wherefore I say 
unto thee. Her sins, which are 
many, are forgiven ; for she loved 
much: but to whom little is for- 
given, the same loveth little. ' 

48. And he said unto her. Thy 
sins are forgiven. 

49. And they that sat at meat 
with him began to say within 
themselves. Who is this that for- 
giveth sins also ? 

Col. Ill, 13. Forbearing one an- 
other, and forgiving one another, 
if any man have a quarrel against 
any : even as Christ forgave you, 
so also do ye. 

Matt, ix, 2. And, behold, they 
brought to him a man sick of the 
palsy, lying on a bed : and Jesus 
seeing their faith said unto the 
sick of the palsy ; Son, be of good 
cheer ; thy sins be forgiven 
thee. 

3. And, behold, certain of the 
scribes said within themselves. 
This man blasphemeth. 

4. And Jesus knowing their 
thoughts said, Wherefore think 
ye evil in your hearts ? 

5. For whether is easier, to say, 
Thy sins be forgiven thee ; or to 
say, Arise, and walk ? 



6. But that ye may know that 
the Son of man hath power on 
earth to forgive sins, (then saith 
he to the sick of the palsy, ) Arise, 
take up thy bed, and go unto 
thine house. 

6. Divine worship paid to him. 

(1.) Before his ascension. 

Matt, viii, 2. And, behold, 
there came a leper and wor- 
shiped him, saying. Lord, if 
thou wilt, thou canst make me 
clean. 

John ix, 35. Jesus heard that 
they had cast him out j and when 
he had found him, he said unto 
him, Dost thou believe on the Son 
of God ? 

36. He answered and said. Who 
is he. Lord, that I might believe 
on him ? 

37. And Jesus said unto him, 
Thou hast both seen him, and it 
is he that talketh with thee. 

38. And he said. Lord, I be- 
lieve. And he worshiped him. 

Matt, xiv, 33. Then they that 
were in the ship came and wor- 
shiped him, saying, Of a truth, 
thou art the Son of God. 

Luke v, 8. When Simon Peter 
saw it, he fell down at Jesus' 
knees, saying. Depart from me; 
for I am a sinful man, Lord. 

(2.) After his ascension. 

LuKB XXIV, 51. And it came to 
pass, while he blessed them, he 
was parted from them, and car- 
ried up into heaven. 

52. And they worshiped him, 
and returned to Jerusalem with 
great joy. 

Acts i, 24. And they prayed, 
and said. Thou, Lord, which 
knowest the hearts of all men, 
shew whether of these two thou 
hast chosen. 

Acts vii, 59. And they stoned 
Stephen, calling upon God, and 
saying. Lord Jesus, receive my 
spirit. 

60. And he kneeled down, and 
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not this sin to their charge. And 
when he had said this he fell 
asleep. 

2 Cor. xii, 8. For this thing I 
hesought the Lord thrice, that it 
might depart from me. 

9. And he said unto me, My 
grace is sufficient for thee : for 
my strength is made perfect in 
weakness. Most gladly therefore 
will I rather glory in my infirmi- 
ties, that the power of Christ may 
rest upon me. 

2 Thess. II, 16. Now our Lord 
Jesus Christ himself, and God, 
even our Father, which hath 
loved us, and hath given us ever- 
lasting consolation and good hope 
through grace, 

17. Comfort your hearts, and 
stablish you in every good word 
and work. 

2 Tim. iv, 22. The Lord Jesus 
Christ he with thy spirit. Grace 
be with you. Amen. 

1 Cor. i, 2. Unto the Church of 
God which is at Corinth, to them 
that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, 
called to be saints, with all that 
in every place call upon the name 
of Jesus Christ our Lord, both 
theirs and ours. 

Phil, ii, 10. That at the name 
of Jesus every knee should bow, 
of things in heaven, and things 
in earth, and things under the 
earth ; 

11. And that every tongue 
should confess that Jesus Christ 
is Lord, to the glory of God the 
Father. 

(3.) Adored hy angels, 

Heb. i, 6. And again, when he 
bringeth in^ the first-begotten into 
the world, he saith. And let all 
the angels of God worship him. 

Eev. V, 13. And every creature 
which is in heaven, and on the 
earth, and under the earth, and 
such as are in the sea, and all 
that are in them, heard I saying. 
Blessing, and honor, and glory, 
and power, be unto him that sit- 
teth upon the throne, and unto 
the Lamb forever and ever. 



(4.) Doxologies to Christ, 

2 Pet. hi, 18. But grow in grace, 
and in the knowledge of our Lord 
and Savior Jesus Christ. To 
him be glory both now and for- 
ever. Amen. 

Eev. I, 5. And from Jesus 
Christ, who is the faithful wit- 
ness, and the first-begotten of the 
dead, and the prince of the kings 
of the earth. IJnto him that loved 
us, and washed us from our sins 
in his own blood, 

6. And hath made us kings and 
priests unto God and his Father ; 
to him be glory and dominion for- 
ever and ever. Amen. 

EoM. XVI, 20. And the God of 
peace shall bruise Satan under 
your feet shortly. The grace of 
our Lord Jesus Christ be with 
you. Amen. 

2 Cor. xiii, 14. The grace of the 
Lord Jesus Christ, and the love 
of God, and the communion of the 
Holy Ghost, be with you all. 
Amen. 

(5.) But to Worship any Being or 
Thing but God is Idolatry. 

Matt, iv, 10. Then saith Jesus 
unto him. Get thee hence, Satan : 
for it is written. Thou shalt wor- 
ship the Lord thy God, and him 
only shalt thou serve. 

Eev. XIX, 10. And I fell at his 
feet to worship him. And he said 
unto me. See thou do it not : I am 
thy fellow-servant, and of thy 
brethren that have the testimony 
of Jesus: worship God: for the 
testimony of Jesus is the spirit 
of prophecy. 

Ex. XX, 3. Thou shalt have no 
other gods before me. 

Ex. XXXIV, 14. For thou shalt 
worship no other God: for the 
Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a 
jealous God. 

Detit. IV, 15. Take ye therefore 
good heed unto yourselves ; for ye 
saw no manner of similitude on 
the day that the Lord spake unto 
you in Horeb out of the midst of 
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16. Lest ye corrupt yourselves, 
and make you a graven image, 
the similitude of any figure, the 
likeness of male or female, 

17. The likeness of any beast 
that is on the earth, the likeness 
of any winged fowl that flieth in 
the air, 

18. The likeness of any thing 
that creepeth on the ground, the 
likeness of any fish that is in the 
waters beneath the earth : 

19. And lest thou lift up thine 
eyes unto heaven, and when thou 
seest the sun, and the moon, and 
the stars, even all the host of 
heaven, shouldest be driven to 
worship them, and serve them, 
which the Lord thy God hath 



divided unto all nations under 
the whole heaven. 

Ex. XXII, 20. He that sacrific- 
eth unto any god, save unto the 
Lord only, he shall be utterly 
destroyed. 

Deut. VIII, 19. And it shall be, 
if thou do at all forget the Lord 
thy God, and walk after other 
gods, and serve them, and wor- 
ship them, I testify against you 
this day that ye shall surely 
perish. 

Ex. XXIII, 13. And in all things 
that I have said unto you be cir- 
cumspect: and make no mention 
of the name of other gods, nei- 
ther let it be heard out of thy 
mouth. 



CHAPTER V. 

THE PERSON OF CHRIST, 



1. His Humanity. 

Isaiah ix, 6. For unto us a child 
is born, unto us a son is given: 
and the government shall be upon 
his shoulder: and his name shall 
be called "Wonderful, Counselor, 
The mighty God, The everlasting 
Father, The Prince of peace. 

Matt, iv, 2. And when he 
had fasted forty days and forty 
nights, he was afterward an hun- 
gered. 

Matt, xxi, 18. .Now in the 
morning as he returned into the 
city, he hungered. 

Matt, xxvi, 38. Then saith he 
unto them. My soul is exceeding 
sorrowful, even unto death : tarry 
ye here, and watch with me. 

Luke ii, 52. And Jesus in- 
creased in wisdom and stature, 
and in favor with God and man. 

Luke xxiv, 39. Behold my 
hands and my feet, that it is I 
myself: handle me, and see; for 



a spirit hath not flesh and bones, 
as ye see me have. 

John ii, 35. Jesus wept. 

Mark xiv, 34. And saith unto 
them. My soul is exceeding sor- 
rowful unto death : tarry ye here, 
and watch. 

Luke xxiii, 46. And when Jesus 
had cried with a loud voice, he 
said. Father, into thy hands I 
commend my spirit: and having 
said thus, he gave up the ghost. 

2. The Union of the Two Na- 
tures IN One Hypostasis. 

Heb. ii, 14. Forasmuch then as 
the children are partakers of 
flesh and blood, he also himself 
likewise took part of the samej 
that through death he might de- 
stroy him that had the power of 
death, that is, the devil. 

CoL. I, 14. In whom we have 
redemption through his blood, 
even the forgiveness of sins : 

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invisible God, the first-born of 
every creature : 

16. For by him were all things 
created, that are in heaven, and 
that are in earth, visible and in- 
visible, whether they be thrones, 
or dominions, or principalities, 
or powers : all things were cre- 
ated by him, and for him : 

17. And he is before all things, 
and by him all things consist. 

John i, 14. And the Word was 
made flesh, and dwelt among us, 
(and we beheld his glory, the 
glory as of the only begotten of 
the Father,) full of grace and 
truth. 



1 Tim. Ill, 16. And without con- 
troversy great is the mystery of 
godliness : God was manifest in 
the flesh, justified in the Spirit, 
seen of angels, preached unto the 
Gentiles, believed on in the world, 
received up into glory. 

Col. II, 9. For in him dwelleth 
all the fullness of the Godhead 
bodily. 

Acts xx, 28. Take heed there- 
fore unto yourselves, and to all 
the flock, over the which the Holy 
Ghost hath made you overseers, 
to feed the church of God, which 
he hath purchased with his own 
blood. 



CHAPTER VI 



THE HOLY GHOST. 



I. Proceeds from the Father 
AND the Son. 

Matt, x, 20. For it is not ye 
that speak, but the Spirit of your 
Father which speaketh in you. 

1 Cor. II, 11. For what man 
knoweth the things of a man, 
save the spirit of man which is 
in him? even so the things of 
God knoweth no man, but the 
Spirit of God. 

12. Now we have received, not 
the spirit of the world, but the 
spirit which is of God; that we 
might know the things that are 
freely given to us of God. 

Gal. IV, 6. And because ye are 
sons, God hath sent forth the 
Spirit of his Son into your hearts, 
crying, Abba, Father. 

EoM. VIII, 9. But ye are not in 
the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so 
be that the Spirit of God dwell in 
you. Now if any man have not 
the Spirit of Christ, he is none 
of his. 

1 Peter i, 11. Searching what, 



or what manner of time the Spirit 
of Christ which was in them did 
signify, when it testified before- 
hand the sufi'erings of Christ, and 
the glory that should follow. 

Phil, i, 19. For I know that this 
shall turn to my salvation through 
your prayer, and the supply of the 
Spirit of Jesus Christ. 

John xiv, 26. But the Comforter, 
which is the Holy Ghost, whom 
the Father will send in my name, 
he shall teach you all things, and 
bring all things to your remem- 
brance, whatsoever I have said 
unto you. 

John xv, 26. But when the 
Comforter is come, whom I will 
send unto you from the Father, 
even the Spirit of truth, which 
proceedeth from the Father, he 
shall testify of me. 

2. His Personality, 

Gen. I, 2. And the earth was 
without form, and void; and 
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moved upon the face of the wa- 
ters. 

Psalm xxxiii, 6. By the word 
of the Lord were the heavens 
made; and all the host of them 
by the breath of his mouth. 

Job xxxiii, 4. The Spirit of God 
hath made me, and the breath of 
the Almighty hath given me life. 

2 Peter i, 21. For the prophecy 
came not in old time by the will 
of man: but holy men of God 
spake as they were moved by the 
Holy Ghost. 

Psalm civ, 27. These wait all 
upon thee ; that thou may est give 
them their meat in due season. 

28. That thou givest them they 
gather: thou openest thine hand, 
they are filled with good. 

29. Thou hidest thy face, they 
are troubled: thou takest away 
their breath, they die, and return 
to their dust. 

30. Thou sendest forth thy 
spirit, they are created: and 
thou renewest the face of the 
earth. 

1 Cor. Ill, 16. Know ye not that 
ye are the temple of God, and that 
the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 

1 Cor. VI, 19. What! know ye 
not that your body is the temple 
of the Holy Ghost which is in 
you, which ye have of God, and 
ye are not your own ? 

Eev. i, 4. John to the seven 
churches which are in Asia: 
Grace be unto you, and peace, 
from him which is, and which 
was, and which is to come; and 
from the seven Spirits which are 
before his throne; 

5. And from Jesus Christ, who 
is the faithful witness, and the 
first-begotten of the dead, and 
the prince of the kings of the 
earth. Unto him that loved us, 
and washed us from our sins in 
his own blood. 

Matt, xxviii, 19. Go ye there- 
fore, aud teach all nations, bap- 
tizing them in the name of the 
Father, and of the Son, and of 
the Holy Ghost. 

Rev. xxii, 17. And the Spirit 



and the bride say. Come. And 
let him that heareth say. Come. 
And let him that is athirst come. 
And whosoever will, let him take 
the water of life freely. 

John xvi, 13. Howbeit when 
he, the Spirit of truth, is come, 
he will guide you into all truth: 
for he shall not speak of himself; 
but whatsoever he shall hear, that 
shall he speak : and he will shew 
you things to come. 

Acts viii, 29. Then the Spirit 
said unto Philip, Go near, and 
join thyself to this chariot. 

Gen. VI, 3. And the Lord said, 
My spirit shall not always strive 
with man, for that he also is flesh : 
yet his days shall be an hundred 
and twenty years. 

Isaiah xlviii, 16. Come ye near 
unto me, hear ye this ; I have not 
spoken in secret from the begin- 
ning; from the time that it was, 
there am I: and now the Lord 
God, and his Spirit, hath sent me. 

Isaiah lxiii, 10. But they 
rebelled, and vexed his Holy 
Spirit: therefore he was turned 
to be their enemy, and he fought 
against them. 

Isaiah xxxiv, 16. Seek ye out 
of the book of the Lord, and 
read: no one of these shall fail, 
none shall want her mate: for 
my mouth it hath commanded, 
and his spirit it hath gathered 
them. 

Hag. II, 4. Yet now be strong, 

Zerubbabel, saith the Lord; 
and be strong, Joshua, son of 
Josedech, the high priest; and 
be strong, all ye people of the 
land, saith the Lord, and work: 
for I am with you, saith the Lord 
of hosts: 

5. According to the word that 

1 covenanted with you when ye 
came out of Egjipt, so my spirit 
remaineth among you: fear ye 
not. 

6. For thus saith the Lord of 
hosts; Yet once, it is a little 
while, and I will shake the heav- 
ens, and the earth, and the sea, 
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7. And I will shake all nations, 
and the desire of all nations shall 
come: and I will fill this house 
with gloiy, saith the Lord of 
hosts. 

Isaiah vi, 8. Also I heard the 
voice oi the Lord, saying. Whom 
shall I send, and who will go for 
us? Then said I, Here am Ij 
send me. 

2 Thess. II, 13. But now, in 
Christ Jesus, ye who sometime 
were far off are made nigh by 
the blood of Christ, 

Acts v, 3. But Peter said, Ana- 
nias, why hath Satan filled thine 
heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, 
and to keep back part of the 
price of the land? 

4. While it remained, was it 
not thine own? and after it was 
sold, was it not in thine own 
power? why hast thou conceived 
this thing in thine heart? thou 
hast not lied unto men, but unto 
God. 

Acts x, 38. How God anointed 
Jesus of l^azareth with the Holy 
Ghost and with power; who went 
about doing good, and healing all 
that were oppressed of the devil; 
for God was with him. 

Acts xxviii, 25. And when 
they agreed not among them- 
selves, they departed, after that 
Paul had spoken one word, Well 
spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias 
the prophet unto our fathers. 

RoM. XV, 13. Now the God of 
hope fill you with all joy and 
peace in believing, that ye may 
abound in hope, through the 
power of the Holy Ghost. 

1 CoR. II, 4. And my speech 
and my preaching was not with 
enticing words of man's wisdom, 
but in demonstration of the Spirit 
and of power. 

Acts xv, 28. For it seemed good 
to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to 
lay upon you no greater burden 
than these necessary things. 

Eph. IV, 30. And grieve not the 
Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye 
are sealed unto the day of re- 
demption. 



3. His Deity. 

(1.) The subject of blasphemy. 

Matt, xii, 31. Wherefore I say 
unto you. All manner of sin and 
blasphemy shall be forgiven unto 
men : but the blasphemy against 
the Holy Ghost shall not be for- 
given unto men. 

{2.) Divine titles ascribed to him. 

Acts v, 3. But Peter said, An- 
anias, why hath Satan filled thine 
heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and 
to keep back part of the price of 
the land ? 

4. While it remained, was it 
not thine own? and after it was 
sold, was it not in thine own 
power ? why hast thou conceived 
this thing in thine heart ? thou 
hast not lied unto men, but unto 
God. 

2 Cor. hi, 17. Now the Lord is 
that Spirit : and where the Spirit 
of the Lord is, there is liberty. 

(3.) Possessed of Divine attributes, 

a. Eternity. 

Heb. IX, 14. How much more 
shall the blood of Christ, who 
through the eternal Spirit offered 
himself without spot to God, 
purge your conscience from dead 
works to serve the living God ? 

h. Omnipresence. 

1 Cor. VI, 19. What ! know ye 
not that your body is the temple 
of the Holy Ghost which is in 
you, which ye have of God, and 
ye are not your own ? 

RoM. VIII, 14. For as many as 
are led by the Spirit of God, they 
are the sons of God. 

c. Omniscience. 

1 CoR. II, 10. But God hath re- 
vealed them unto us by his Spirit: 
for the Spirit searcheth all things, 
yea, the deep things of God. 

John xvi, 13. Howbeit when 
he, the Spirit of truth, is come, 
he will guide you into all truth : 
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that shall he speak : and he will 
shew you things to come. 

2 Pet. i, 21. For the prophecy 
came not in old time by the will 
of man : but holy men of God 
spake as they were moved by the 
Holy Ghost. 

d. Holiness. 

He is styled the Holy Ghost. 

e. Goodness. 

!N"eh. IX, 20. Thou gayest also 
thy good Spirit to instruct them, 
and withheldest not thy manna 
from their mouth, and gavest 
them water for their thirst. 

Psalm cxliii, 10. Teach me to 
do thy will ; for thou art my God : 
thy Spirit is good ; lead me into 
the land of uprightness. 

/. Grace. 

Heb. X, 29. Of how much sorer 
punishment, suppose ye, shall he 
be thought worthy, who hath 
trodden under foot the Son of 
God, and hath counted the blood 
of the covenant, wherewith he 
was sanctified, an unholy thing, 
and hath done despite unto the 
Spirit of grace ? 

g. Truth. 

John xiv, 17. Even the Spirit 
of truth ; whom the world can 
not receive, because it seeth him 
not, neither knoweth him : but 
ye know him ; for he dwelleth 
with you, and shall be in you. 

4. He is the -Source of Inspira- 
tion. 

2 Pet. i, 21. For the prophecy 
came not in old time by the will 
of man : but holy men of God 
spake as they were moved by the 
Holy Ghost. 

John xvi, 13. Howbeit when 
he, the Spirit of truth, is come, 
he will guide you into all truth : 
for he shall not speak of himself; 
but whatsoever he shall hear, 
that shall he speak: and he will 
shew you things to come. 



5. He is the Source of Life. 

2 Cor. hi, 6. Who also hath 
made us able ministers of the New 
Testament ; not of the letter, but 
of the spirit : for the letter kill- 
eth, but the spirit giveth life. 

John vi, 63. It is the spirit that 
quickeneth ; the flesh profiteth 
nothing : the words that I speak 
unto you, they are spirit, and 
they are life. 

EoM. VIII, 11. But if the Spirit of 
him that raised up Jesus from the 
dead dwell in you, he that raised 
up Christ from the dead shall also 
quicken your mortal bodies by his 
Spirit that dwelleth in you. 

6. He is the Author of the 
New Creation — Regenera- 
tion. 

John hi, 8. The wind bloweth 
where it listeth, and thou hear- 
est the sound thereof, but canst 
not tell whence it cometh, and 
whither it goeth : so is every one 
that is born of the Spirit. 

Titus hi, 5. Not by works of 
righteousness which we have 
done, but according to his mercy 
he saved us, by the washing of 
regeneration, and renewing of the 
Holy Ghost. 

7. He is the Source of Relig- 
ious Comfort. 

John xiv, 16. And I will pray 
the Father, and he shall give you 
another Comforter, that he may 
abide with you forever. 

Acts ix, 31. Then had the 
churches rest throughout all Ju- 
dea and Galilee and Samaria, and 
were edified; and walking in the 
fear of the Lord, and in the com- 
fort of the Holy Ghost, were mul- 
tiplied. 

Prov. I, 23. Turn you at my 
reproof: behold, I will pour out 
my Spirit unto you, I will make 
known my words unto you. 

Isaiah xliv, 3. For I will pour 
water. upon him that is thirsty, 
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Beed, and my blessing upon thine 
offspring. 

EzEK. XI, 19. And I will give 
them one heart, and I will put a 
new spirit within you j and I will 
take the stony heart out of their 
flesh, and will give them a heart 
of flesh. 

Zech. XII, 10. And I will pour 
upon the house of David, and 
upon the inhabitants of Jerusa- 
lem, the spirit of grace and of 
supplications : and they shall look 
upon me whom they have pierced, 
and they shall mourn for him, as 
one mourneth for his only son, 
and shall be in bitterness for him, 
as one that is in bitterness for his 
firstborn. 

John vi, 63. It is the Spirit that 
quickeneth ; the flesh profiteth 
nothing : the words that I speak 
unto you, they are spirit, and 
they are life. 

Acts v, 32. And we are his wit- 
nesses of these things ; and so is 
also the Holy Ghost, whom God 
hath given to them that obey him. 

EoM. V, 5. And hope maketh 
not ashamed ; because the love of 
God is shed abroad in our hearts 
by the Holy Ghost which is given 
unto us. 

EoM. VIII, 1. There is therefore 
now no condemnation to them 
which are in Christ Jesus, who 
walk not after the flesh, but after 
the Spirit. 

2. For the law of the Spirit of 
life in Christ Jesus hath made me 
free from the law of sin and 
death. 

RoM. VIII, 5. For they that are 
after the flesh do mind the things 
of the flesh ; but they that are 
after the Spirit, the things of the 
Spirit. 



6. For to be carnally minded 
is death ; but to be spiritually 
minded is life and peace. 

7. Because the carnal mind is 
enmity against God : for it is not 
subject to the law of God, neither 
indeed can be. 

8. So then they that are in the 
flesh can not please God. 

9. But ye are not in the flesh, 
but in the Spirit, if so be that the 
Spirit of God dwell in you. Now 
if any man have not the Spirit of 
Christ, he is none of his. 

10. And if Christ be in you, the 
body is dead because of sin ; but 
the Spirit is life because of right- 
eousness. 

11. But if the Spirit of him 
that raised up Jesus from the 
dead dwell in you, he that raised 
up Christ from the dead shall also 
quicken your mortal bodies by 
his Spirit that dwelleth in you. 

1 Cor. VI, 11. And such were 
some of you : but ye are washed, 
but ye are sanctified, but ye are 
justified in the name of the Lord 
Jesus, and by the Spirit of our 
God. 

1 Cor. Ill, 19. For the wisdom 
of this world is foolishness with 
God : for it is written. He taketh 
the wise in their own craftiness. 

Gal. IV, 6. And because ye are 
sons, God hath sent forth the 
Spirit of his Son into your hearts, 
crying, Abba, Father. 

1 John hi, 24. And he that keep- 
eth his commandments dwelleth 
in him, and he in him. And 
hereby we know that he abideth 
in us, by the Spirit which he hath 
given us. 

Eph. II, 22. In whom ye also 
are builded together for a habita- 
tion of God through the Spirit. 



BOOK II. 

DOCTRINES RELATING TO MAN. 



DOCTRINES RELATING TO MAN. 



■♦♦^ 



"And God said, Let us make man in our own image, 
after our likeness; and let them have dominion over 
the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and 
over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every 
thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created 
man in his own image, in the image of God created he 
him ; male and female created he them." (Gen. i, 26, 
27.) Man was created in the image of God, and 
invested with dominion and authoritv. St. Paul, in Col. 
iii, 10, says: "Put on the new man, which is renewed 
in knowledge after the image of him that created 
him," and in Bph. iv, 24, "Put on the new man, which 
after God is created in righteousness and true holi- 
ness. Prom these passages it is evident that the image 
of God consists in "knowledge," in "righteousness," and 
in "true holiness." The likeness of God in which man 
was created was that of the moral perfections of his 
Maker. That this moral image of God in man implies 
and rests upon the natural image of God, must be 
apparent; for unless he had been endowed with knowl- 
edge^ spirituality^ and will^ he would have been wholly 
incapable of moral qualities. In the Book of Wisdom, 
which conveys the ideas of the ancient Jews, w(5 find 
this language: "Por God created man to be immortal, 
and made him to be an image of his own eternity." As 

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a moral being, man was created under law; the lan- 
guage of which was : " Of every tree of the garden 
mayest thou freely eat, but of the tree of the knowledge 
of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it ; for in the 
day thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." Gen. ii, 
16, 17. The history informs us that the woman, tempted 
through the agency of the serpent, which was " more 
subtile than any beast of the field," took of the fruit, 
gave it to her husband, who also ate; that for this act 
of disobedience they were expelled from the garden, 
made subject to death, and laid under other maledic- 
tions. "By Adam's transgressions," says Paul, Eom. v, 
"many were made sinners." Through him death 
passed upon all men. As the federal head of the race, 
he was the fountain of sin and death to his posterity. 

The prohibition under which our first parents were 
placed has been the subject of much ridicule, and the 
occasion of many a "fool-born jest;" and the whole 
transaction has been declared to be unworthy of the 
parties concerned. Where would the test be placed if 
not in the government of man's own appetites? Social 
and political relations he had none. We do not suppose 
that the prohibition under which our first parents were 
placed was the only rule of their conduct. This precept 
was made prominent by special injunction, and the 
result showed that it was a sufficient test. The law was 
simple and explicit. It was not difficult of observation, 
and it accorded with the circumstances of those on 
whom it was enjoined. 

The immediate visible agent in the seduction of 
man to sin was the serpent; but the testimony of Scrip- 
ture is in proof that the real tempter was that subtile 
and powerful evil spirit whose general appellations are 
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DOCTRINES RELATING TO MAN. 69 

and false accuser, and the latter, an adversary. That the 
devil was the real tempter is the uniform teaching of 
the Scriptures, and that an order of fallen spirits, 
under the guidance of an arch-leader, are permitted to 
have influence on earth, to war against the virtue and 
peace of man, though under constant control and gov- 
ernment, and that this entered into the circumstances 
of the trial of our first parents, and that it enters into 
ours. 

It is not our purpose in this connection to discuss 
either the theory of temptation, or the extent of Satanic 
influence, but to present man's relation to the Divine 
government as revealed in the Scriptures. In conse- 
quence of the apostasy of Adam, all men have sinned. 
After Adam had lost the image of God he begat a son 
in his own likeness. The image of God, in which Adam 
was created, we have shown to have been divine knowl- 
edgCy righteousness^ and true holiness. The likeness of 
Adam is, by unquestionable analogy, the moral character 
which he possessed after his apostasy. In this likeness 
Seth is said to have been begotten. That Cain was 
depraved will not be denied. The same thing is indi- 
rectly, but conclusively, taught concerning Abel ; for he 
is declared to have lived and died in faith; and that 
faith had reference to a future promised Eedeemer. 
Christ, as a Eedeemer, could not have been an object of 
faith to Abel had he not been a sinner; or, in other 
words, had he not borne the likeness of apostate Adam. 
If this was the nature of the immediate children of 
Adam, it can not be denied that it is equally the nature 
of his remotest progeny, or that they do not all bear the 
likeness of their common parent. St. Paul argues this 
doctrine at length in his Epistle to the Eomans, and his 
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has come upon all men to condemnation. St. Paul 
teaches the same doctrine by asserting the impossibility 
of being justified by the works of the law. If one sin- 
less man existed in this world, he could not fail to be 
justified by the works of the law; for the law itself 
says: ^^ He that doeth these things''' — that is, the things 
required in the law — ^^ shall live by them.'' As, therefore, 
no flesh — no child of Adam — shall be justified by the 
works of the law, it follows conclusively that every one 
is sinful. The necessity of the new birth, as taught by 
our Savior to Nicodemus, is founded on this doctrine: 
^' Except a man be born again he can not see the king- 
dom of Grod." The only use or effect of the new birth 
is, that in it holiness is implanted in the mind. But if 
any man were sinless he could not need regeneration, 
nor be regenerated. He would already possess that 
holiness which is communicated in regeneration, and, 
of course, would see the kingdom of God as certainly 
and easily, at least, as sinners who had been born again. 
In 2 Cor. v, 14, Paul says: "We thus judge, that if 
one died for all then were all dead ;" that is, in sins. 
What the Scriptures thus clearly assert is fully borne 
out by observation and experience. Men, every-where, 
are sinful. It is not an incident of climate, or educa- 
tion, or surroundings; it is as universal as humanity. 

Haman laws are made to repress and restrain sin. 
They exist in every country, and are enforced upon 
men by an iron necessity. The penalties by which 
they attempt to restrain and punish sin are various 
and dreadful. And although the most efficacious that 
human experience and ingenuity can devise, yet they 
always fall short of their purpose. The propensity to 
evil in the human heart has defied all their force and ter- 
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in the face of all their threatenings. Xo ingenuity 
on the one hand, and no suffering on the other, has, in 
any countrj^, or in any age, been sufficient to overcome 
this propensity. The conclusion is therefore irresisti- 
ble, that human nature is universally sinful, and in 
the language of the creed, that " man is very far gone 
from original righteousness, and of his own nature 
inclined to evil." 



CHAPTER I 



MAN'S PRIMEVAL STATE. 



I. Made Under Law. 

Gen. II, 16. And the Lord God 
commanded the man, saying. Of 
every tree of the garden thou 
mayest freely eat : 

17. But of the tree of the knowl- 
edge of good and evil, thou shalt 
not eat of it : for in the day that 
thou eatest thereof thou shalt 
surely die. 

Deut. VI, 5. And thou shalt 
love the Lord thy God with all 
thine heart, and with all thy soul, 
and with all thy might. 

Deut. x, 12. And now, Israel, 
what doth the Lord thy God re- 
quire of thee, but to fear the Lord 
thy God, to walk in all his ways, 
and to love him, and to serve the 
Lord thy God with all thy heart 
and with all thy soul. 

Mark xii, 30. And thou shalt 
love the Lord thy God with all 
thy heart, and with all thy soul, 
and with all thy mind, and with 
all thy strength : this is the first 
commandment. 

EoM. vii, 12. Wherefore the 
law is holy, and the com- 
mandment holy, and just, and 
good. 

Rom. VI, 23. For the wages of 
sin is death j but the gift of God is 



eternal life through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. 

EzEK. xviii, 4. Behold, all souls 
are mine j as the soul of the father, 
so also the soul of the son is mine : 
the soul that sinneth, it shall die. 

2. Created in the Image of 
God. 

(1.) Dominion, 

Gen. i, 26. And God said. Let 
us make man in our image, after 
our likeness: and let them have 
dominion over the fish of the sea, 
and over the fowl of the air, and 
over the cattle, and over all the 
earth, and over every creeping 
thing that creepeth upon the 
earth. 

27. So God created man in his 
own image, in the image of God 
created he him ; male and female 
created he them. 

28. And God blessed them, and 
God said unto them. Be fruitful, 
and multiply, and replenish the 
earth, and subdue it; and have 
dominion over the fish of the sea, 
and over the fowl of the air, and 
over every living thing that mov- 
eth upon the earth. 

Psalm viii, 6. Thou madest him 
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of thv hands; thou hast put all 
things under his feet: 

7. All sheep and oxen, yea, and 
the heasts of the field ; 

8. The fowl of the air, and the 
fish of the sea, and whatsoever 
]iasseth through the paths of the 
seas. 

(2.) Spirituality. 

Acts tii, 59. And they stoned 
Stephen, calling upon God, and 
saying. Lord Jesus, receive my 
spirit. 

XuM. XVI, 22. And they fell 
upon their faces, and said, God, 
the God of the spirits of all flesh, 
shall one man sin, and wilt thou 
be wroth with all the congrega- 
tion? 

XuM. XXVII, 16. Let the Lord, 
the God of the spirits of all flesh, 
set a man over the congregation. 

James ii, 26. For as the body 
without the spirit is dead, so faith 
without works is dead also. 

Heb. XII, 9. Furthermore, we 
have had fathers of our flesh 
which corrected us, and we gave 
them reverence : shall we not 
much rather be in subjection 
unto the Father of spirits, and 
live? 

Acts xvii, 28. For in him we 
live, and move, and have our be- 
ing; as certain also of your own 
Eoets have said, For we are also 
is offspring. 

29. Forasmuch then as we are 
the ofl'spring of God, we ought 
not to think that the Godhead is 
like unto gold, or silver, or stone, 
graven by art and man's device. 

Job xxxii, 8. But there is a 
spirit in man: and the inspira- 
tion of the Almighty giveth them 
understanding. 

EccL. Ill, 21. Who knoweth the 
spirit of man that goeth upward, 
and the spirit of the beast that 
goeth downward to the earth? 

Job XXXIV, 14. If he set his 
heart upon man, if he gather 
unto himself his spirit and his 
breath. 

Isaiah lvii, 16. For I will not 



! contend forever, neither will I 
j be always wroth: for the spirit 
I should fail before me, and the 
! souls which I have made. 

Zech. XII, 1. The burden of the 
word of the Lord for Israel, saith 
the Lord, which stretcheth forth 
the heavens, and layeth the foun- 
dation of the earth, and formeth 
the spirit of man within him. 

2 CoR. V, 6. Therefore we are 
always confident, knowing that, 
whilst we are at home in the 
body, we are absent from the 
Lord. 

Job XXXIII, 4. The Spirit of 
God hath made me, and the 
breath of the Almighty hath 
given me life. 

Jer. XXXVIII, 16. So Zedekiah 
the king sware secretly unto Jer- 
emiah, saying. As the Lord liv- 
eth, that made us this soul, I will 
not put thee to death, neither 
will I give thee into the hand of 
these men that seek thy life. 

(3.) Immortality, 

Gen. II, 7. And the Lord God 
formed man of the dust of the 
ground, and breathed into hia 
nostrils the breath of life; and 
man became a living soul. 

EccL. Ill, 21. Who knoweth the 
spirit of man that goeth upward, 
and the spirit of the beast that 
goeth downward to the earth? 

EccL. XII, 7. Then shall the 
dust return to the earth as it 
was: and the spirit shall return 
unto God who gave it. 

Matt, x, 28. And fear not 
them which kill the body, but 
are not able to kill the soul: but 
rather fear him which is able to 
destroy both soul and body iu 
hell. 

Luke xx, 37. Now that the 
dead are raised, even Moses 
shewed at the bush, when he 
calleth the Lord the God of 
Abraham, and the God of Isaac, 
and the God of Jacob. 

38. For he is not a God of the 
dead, but of the living: for all 
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2 Cor. v, 2. For in this we 
groan, earnestly desiring to be 
clothed upon with our house 
which is from heaven : 

3. If so be that being clothed 
we shall not be found naked. 

4. For we that are in this tab- 
ernacle do groan, being bur- 
dened : not for that we would be 
unclothed, but clothed upon, that 
mortality might be swallowed up 
of life. 

5. Now he that hath wrought 
us for the self-same thiug is God, 
who also hath given unto us the 
earnest of the Spirit. 

6. Therefore we are always con- 
fident, knowing that, whilst we 
are at home in the body, we are 
absent from the Lord. 

2 CoR. XII, 2. I knew a man in 
Christ above fourteen years ago, 
whether in the body I can not 
tell, or whether out of the body I 
can not tell ; God knoweth: such 
a one caught up to the third 
heaven. 

3. And I knew such a man, 
whether in the body, or out of 
the body, I can not tell ; God 
knoweth : 

4. How that he was caught up 
into paradise, and heard unspeak- 
able words, which it is not lawful 
for a man to utter. 

Eev. VI, 9. And when those 
beasts give glory and honor and 
thanks to him that sat on the 
throne, who liveth forever and 
ever, 

10. The four and twenty elders 
fall down before him that sat on 
the throne, and worship him that 
liveth forever and ever, and cast 
their crowns before the throne. 

(4.) Intellectual Powers — Knowl- 
edge, 

Job XXXII, 8. But there is a 
spirit in man : and the inspira- 
tion of the Almighty giveth them 
understanding. 

Gen. II, 19. And out of the 
ground the Lord God formed ev- 
ery beast of the field, and every 
fowl of the air j and brought them 



unto Adam to see what he would 
call them: and whatsoever Adam 
called every living creature, that 
was the name thereof. 

20. And Adam gave names to 
all cattle, and to the fowl of the 
air, and to every beast of the 
field; but for Adam there was 
not found a helpmeet for him. 

RoM. I, 19. Because that which 
may be known of God is manifest 
in them ; for God hath shewed it 
unto them. 

20. For the invisible things of 
him from the creation of the 
world are clearly seen, being un- 
derstood by the things that are 
made, even his eternal power and 
Godhead; so that they are with- 
out excuse: 

21. Because that, when they 
knew God, they glorified him not 
as God, neither were thankful; 
but became vain in their imag- 
inations, and their foolish heart 
was darkened. 

Psalm xciv, 10. He that chas- 
tiseth the heathen, shall not he 
correct? he that teacheth man 
knowledge, shall not he know? 

Col. Ill, 10. And have put on 
the new man, which is renewed 
in knowledge after the image of 
him that created him. 

Dan. IV, 36. At the same time 
my reason returned unto me; 
and for the glory of my king- 
dom, mine honor and brightness 
returned unto me; and my coun- 
selors and my lords sought unto 
me ; and I was established in my 
kingdom, and excellent majesty 
was added unto me. 

EccL. VII, 25. I applied mine 
heart to know, and to search, and 
to seek out wisdom, and the rea- 
son of things, and to know the 
wickedness of folly, even of fool- 
ishness and madness. 

Isaiah i, 18. Come now, and 
let us reason together, saith the 
Lord: though your sins be as 
scarlet, they shall be as white as 
snow; though they be red like 
crimson, they shall be as wool. 

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filled him with the spirit of God, 
in wisdom, in understanding, and 
in knowledge, and in all manner 
of workmanship. 

(5.) Moral image of God — holi- 
ness. 

Gen. I, 27. So God created man 
in his own image, in the image 
of God created he him ; male and 
female created he them. 

EccL. VII, 29. Lo, this only 
have I found, that God hath made 
man upright,- but they have 
sought out many inventions. 

Gen. IX, 6. Whoso sheddeth 
man's blood, by man shall his 
blood be shed : for in the image 
of God made he man. 

EoM. VII, 22. For I delight in 
the law of God after the inward 
man. 



1 Cor. XV, 45. And so it is writ- 
ten. The first man Adam was 
made a living soul ; the last Adam 
was made a quickening spirit. 

Eph. IV, 24. And that ye put on 
the new man, which after God is 
created in righteousness and true 
holiness. 

Col. Ill, 10. And have put on 
the new man, which is renewed 
in knowledge after the image 
of him that created him. 

Luke hi, 38. Which was the 
son of Enos, which was the son 
of Seth, which was the son of 
Adam, which was the son of 
God. 

James hi, 9. Therewith bless 
we God, even the Father; and 
therewith curse we men, which 
are made after the similitude of 
God. 



CHAPTER II 



THE FALL OF MAN, 



I. The Temptation. 

The serpent the instrument — the 
devil the real tevipter. 

James i, 13. Let no man say 
when he is tempted, I am tempted 
of God: for God can not be 
tempted with evil, neither tempt- 
eth he any man : 

14. But every man is tempted, 
when he is drawn away of his 
own lust, and enticed. 

15. Then when lust hath con- 
ceived, it bringeth forth sin : and 
sin, when it is finished, bringeth 
forth death. 

Gen. Ill, 1. Now the serpent 
was more subtile than any beast 
of the field which the Lord God 
had made. And he said unto the 
woman. Yea, hath God said, Ye 
shall not eat of every tree of the 
garden ? 



2. And the woman said unto 
the serpent. We may eat of the 
fruit of the trees of the garden : 

3. But of the fruit of the tree 
which is in the midst of the gar- 
den, God hath said. Ye shall not 
eat of it, neither shall ye touch 
it, lest ye die. 

4. And the serpent said unto 
the woman, Ye shall not surely 
die : 

5. For God doth know that in 
the day ye eat thereof, then your 
eyes shall be opened, and ye shall 
be as gods, knowing good and 
evil. 

Rev. XII, 9. And the great 
dragon was cast out, that old ser- 
pent, called the Devil, and Satan, 
which deceiveth the whole world : 
he was cast out into the earth, 
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Isaiah xxvii, 1. In that day the 
Lord with his sore and great and 
strong sword shall punish levia- 
than the piercing serpent, even 
leviathan that crooked serpent; 
and he shall slay the dragon that 
is in the sea. 

Gen. Ill, 13. And the Lord God 
said unto the woman, What is 
this that thou hast done ? And 
the woman said, The serpent be- 
guiled me, and I did eat. 

2 CoR. XI, 3. But I fear, lest by 
any means, as the serpent be- 
guiled Eve through his subtilty, 
so your minds should be corrupted 
from the simplicity that is in 
Christ. 

Gen. Ill, 14. And the Lord God 
said unto the serpent, Because 
thou hast done this, thou art 
cursed above all cattle, and above 
every beast of the field ; upon 
thy belly shalt thou go, and dust 
shalt thou eat all the days of thy 
life: 

15. And I will put enmity be- 
tween thee and the woman, and 
between thy seed and her seed; 
it shall bruise thy head, and thou 
Bhalt bruise his heel. 

2. The Transgression. 

Gen. Ill, 6. And when the wo- 
man saw that the tree was good 
for food, and that it was pleasant 
to the eyes, and a tree to be de- 
sired to make one wise, she took 
of the fruit thereof, and did eat, 
and gave also unto her husband 
with her ; and he did eat. 

1 Tim. II, 14. Of these things 
put them in remembrance, charg- 
ing them before the Lord that 
they strive not about words to no 
profit, but to the subverting of 
the hearers. 

3. The Results of the Fall- 
Physical Evil. 

(1.) The ground cursed for man's 
sake. 

Gen. Ill, 17. And unto Adam 
he said. Because thou hast heark- 
ened unto the voice of thy wife, 
and hast eaten of the tree, of 



which I commanded thee, saying. 
Thou shalt not eat of it : cursed 
is the ground for thy sake; in 
sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the 
days of thy life ; 

18. Thorns also and thistles 
shall it bring forth to thee ; and 
thou shalt eat the herb of the 
field. 

Heb. VI, 8. But that which 
beareth thorns and briers is re- 
jected, and is nigh unto cursing; 
whose end is to be burned. 

(2.) Man doomed to labor. 

Gen. Ill, 19. In the sweat of 
thy face shalt thou eat bread, till 
thou return unto the ground ; for 
out of it wast thou taken; for 
dust thou art, and unto dust shalt 
thou return. 

(3.) Fhy steal suffering caused hy 
the Fall, 

Gen. Ill, 16. Unto the woman 
he said, I will greatly multiply 
thy sorrow and thy conception ; 
in sorrow thou shalt bring forth 
children ; and thy desire shall be 
to thy husband, and he shall rule 
over thee. 

Rom. VIII, 20. For the creature 
was made subject to vanity, not 
willingly, but by reason of him 
who hath subjected the same in 
hope; 

21. Because the creature itself 
also shall be delivered from the 
bondage of corruption into the 
glorious liberty of the children 
of God. 

22. For we know that the whole 
creation groaneth and travaileth 
in pain together until now. 

23. And not only they, but our- 
selves also, which have the first- 
fruits of the Spirit, even we our- 
selves groan within ourselves, 
waiting for the adoption, to wit, 
the redemption of our body. 

2 Cor. v, 4. For we that are in 
this tabernacle do groan, being 
burdened : not for that we would 
be unclothed, but clothed upon, 
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(4.) Temporal death, the result of 
sin» 

1 Cor. XV, 22. For as in Adam 
all die, even so in Christ shall all 
be made alive. 

EoM. V, 12. Wherefore, as by 
one man sin entered into the 
world, and death by sin ; and so 
death passed upon all men, for 
that all have sinned : 

13. For until the law sin was in 
the world : but sin is not imputed 
when there is no law. 

14. Nevertheless death reigned 
from Adam to Moses, even over 
them that had not sinned after 
the similitude of Adam's trans- 
gression, who is the figure of him 
that was to come. 

15. But not as the offense, so 
also is the free gift : for if through 
the offense of one many be dead, 
much more the grace of God, and 
the gift by grace, which is by one 
man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded 
unto many. 

16. And not as it was by one 
that sinned, so is the gift : for the 
judgment was by one to con- 
demnation, but the free gift is 
of many offenses unto justifica- 
tion. 

17. For if by one man's offense 
death reigned by one ; much more 
they which receive abundance of 
grace and of the gift of righteous- 
ness shall reign in life by one, 
Jesus Christ. 

18. Therefore, as by the offense 
of one judgment came upon all 
men to condemnation ; even so by 
the righteousness of one the free 
gift came upon all men unto justi- 
fication of life. 

19. For as by one man's disobe- 
dience many were made sinners, 
BO by the obedience of one shall 
many be made righteous. 

Heb. IX, 27. And as it is ap- 
pointed unto men once to die, but 
after this the judgment. 

Job. XVI, 22. When a few years 
are come, then I shall go the way 
whence I shall not return. 

Job. Ill, 23. Why is light given 



to a man whose way is hid, and 
whom God hath hedged in ? 

EccL. VIII, 8. There is no man 
that hath power over the spirit to 
retain the spirit ; neither hath he 
power in the day of death : and 
there is no discharge in that war ; 
neither shall wickedness deliver 
those that are given to it. 

Isaiah lxiv, 6. But we are all 
as an unclean thing, and all our 
righteousnesses are as filthy rags ; 
and we all do fade as a leaf; and 
our iniquities, like the wind, have 
taken us away. 

Job XIV, 1. Man that is born 
of a woman is of few days, and 
full of trouble. 

2. He cometh forth like a flower, 
and is cut down : he fleeth also 
as a shadow, and continueth 
not. 

Psalm xxxix, 5. Behold, thou 
hast made my days as an hand- 
breadth ; and mine age is as noth- 
ing before thee : verily every 
man at his best state is altogether 
vanity. 

Gen. IV, 8. And Cain talked 
with Abel his brother : and it 
came to pass, when they were in 
the field, that Cain rose up against 
Abel his brother, and slew him. 

9. And the Lord said unto Cain, 
Where is Abel thy brother ? And 
he said, I know not : Am I my 
brother's keeper ? 

10. And he said. What hast 
thou done? the voice of thy 
brother's blood crieth unto me 
from the ground. 

Deut. XXXII, 39. See now that I, 
even I, am he, and there is no 
god with me : I kill, and I make 
alive ; I wound, and I heal ; nei- 
ther is there any that can deliver 
out of my hand. 

EccL. XII, 7. Then shall the dust 
return to the earth as it was : and 
the spirit shall return unto God 
who gave it. 

Gen. VI, 5. And God saw that 
the wickedness of man was great 
in the earth, and that every im- 
agination of the thoughts of hia 
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6. And it repented the Lord 
that he had made man on the 
earth, and it grieved him at his 
heart. 

7. And the Lord said, I will 
destroy man whom I have cre- 
ated from the face of the earth ; 
both man, and beast, and the 
creeping thing, and the fowls of 
the air ; for it repenteth me that 
I have made them. 

4. Results of the Fall — Moral 
Evil. 

{1.) Spiritual death — loss of the 
Divine image, 
Eph. II, l.,And you hath he 
quickened, who were dead in 
trespasses and sins ; 

2. Wherein in time past ye 
walked according to the course of 
this world, according to the prince 
of the power of the air, the spirit 
that now worketh in the children 
of disobedience : 

3. Among whom also we all 
had our conversation in times 
past in the lusts of our flesh, ful- 
filling the desires of the flesh and 
of the mind ; and were by nature 
the children of wrath, even as 
others. 

4. But God, who is rich in 
mercy, for his great love where- 
with he loved us, 

5. Even when we were dead in 
sins, hath quickened us together 
with Christ. 

Gen. VI, 11. The earth also was 
corrupt before God, and the earth 
was filled with violence. 

12. And God looked upon the 
earth, and, behold, it was corrupt : 
for all flesh had corrupted his 
way upon the earth. 

Gen. VI, 5. And God saw that 
the wickedness of man was great 
in the earth, and that every im- 
agination of the thoughts of his 
heart was only evil continually. 

Rom. Ill, 10. As it is written. 
There is none righteous, no, not 
one : 

11. There is none that under- 
standeth, there is none that seek- 
eth after God. 



12. They are all gone out of the 
way, they are together become 
unprofitable : there is none that 
doeth good, no, not one. 

13. Their throat is an open sep- 
ulcher ; with their tongues they 
have used deceit ', the poison of 
asps is under their lips : 

14. Whose mouth is full of curs- 
ing and bitterness : 

15. Their feet are swift to shed 
blood : 

16. Destruction and misery are 
in their ways : 

17. And the way of peace have 
they not known : • 

18. There is no fear of God be- 
fore their eyes. 

19. Now we know that what 
things soever the law saith, it 
saith to them who are under the 
law : that every mouth may be 
stopped, and all the world may 
become guilty before God. 

20. Therefore by the deeds of 
the law there shall no flesh be 
justified in his sight : for by the 
law is the knowledge of sin. 

Psalm xiv, 1. The fool hath 
said in his heart. There is no God. 
They are corrupt, they have done 
abominable works, there is none 
that doeth good. 

2. The Lord looked down from 
heaven upon the children of men, 
to see if there were any that did 
understand, and seek God. 

3. They are all gone aside, they 
are all together become filthy : 
there is none that doeth good, no, 
not one. 

Job XV, 16. How much more 
abominable and filthy is man, 
which drinketh iniquity like wa- 
ter ? 

Psalm v, 9. For there is no 
faithfulness in their mouth ; their 
inward part is very wickedness ; 
their throat is an open sepulcher ; 
they flatter with their tongue. 

RoM. VI, 20. For when ye were 
the servants of sin, ye were free 
from righteousness. 

1 CoR. II, 14. But the natural 
man receiveth not the things of 
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foolishness unto him : neither can 
he know them, because they are 
spiritually discerned. 

Matt, xxiii, 33. Ye serpents, 
ye generation of vipers, how- 
can ye escape the damnation of 
hell? 

John viii, 44. Ye are of your 
father the devil, and the lusts of 
your father ye will do. He was 
a murderer from the beginning, 
and abode not in the truth, be- 
cause there is no truth in him. 
When he speaketh a lie, he 
speaketh of his own: for he is 
a liar, and the father of it. 

Acts vii, 51. Ye stiff-necked 
and uncircumcised in heart and 
ears, ye do always resist the Holy 
Ghost: as your fathers did, so 
do ye. 

EoM. VIII, 7. Because the carnal 
mind is enmity against God : for 
it is not subject to the law of God, 
neither indeed can be. 

Eph. IV, 18. Having the under- 
standing darkened, being alien- 
ated from the life of God through 
the ignorance that is in them, 
because of the blindness of their 
heart. 

EoM. I, 29. Being filled with 
all unrighteousness, fornication, 
wickedness, covetousness, mali- 
ciousness; full of envy, murder, 
debate, deceit, malignity; whis- 
perers, 

30. Backbiters, haters of God, 
despiteful, proud, boasters, in- 
ventors of evil things, disobedi- 
ent to parents. 

Jer. XVII, 9. The heart is 
deceitful above all things, and 
desperately wicked: who can 
know it? 

KoM. VI, 23. For the wages of 
sin is death; but the gift of 
God is eternal life through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. 

5. Man's Moral Nature Cor- 
rupted BY THE Fall. 

Bom. V, 17. For if by one man's 
offense death reigned by one; 
much more they which receive 
abundance of grace and of the 



gift of righteousness shall reign 
by one, Jesus Christ. 

18. Therefore, as by the offense 
of one judgment came upon all 
men to condemnation; even so 
by the righteousness of one the 
free gift came upon all men unto 
justification of life. 

19. For as by one man's diso- 
bedience many were made sin- 
ners, so by the obedience of one 
shall many be made righteous. 

EoM. VIII, 7. Because the carnal 
mind is enmity against God: for 
it is not subject to the law of God, 
neither indeed can be. 

RoM. V, 12. Wherefore, as by 
one man sin entered into the 
world, and death by sin; and so 
death passed upon all men, for 
that all have sinned. 

Isaiah i, 4. Ah, sinful nation, 
a people laden with iniquity, a 
seed of evil-doers, children that 
are corrupters I they have for- 
saken the Lord, they have pro- 
voked the Holy One of Israel into 
anger, they are gone away back- 
ward. 

Jer. IV, 22. For my people ia 
foolish, they have not known me; 
they are sottish children, and they 
have none understanding: they 
are wise to do evil, but to do good 
they have no knowledge. 

John hi, 19. And this is the 
condemnation, that light is come 
into the world, and men loved 
darkness rather than light, be- 
cause their deeds were evil. 

Prov. II, 14. Who rejoice to do 
evil, and delight in the froward- 
ness of the wicked. 

MiCAH VII, 3. That they may do 
evil with both hands earnestly, 
the prince asketh, and the judge 
asketh for a reward ; and the 
great man, he uttereth his mis- 
chievous desire: so they wrap 
it up. 

Psalm lviii, 3. The wicked are 
estranged from the womb: they 
go astray as soon as they be born, 
speaking lies. 

Isaiah i, 6. From the sole of 
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is no soundness in it; but wounds, 
and bruises, and putrefying sores : 
they have not been closed, nei- 
ther bound up, neither mollified 
with ointment. 

EccL. VIII, 11. Because sentence 
against an evil work is not exe- 
cuted speedily, therefore the heart 
of the sons of men is fully set in 
them to do evil. 

Mark vii, 21. For from within, 
out of the heart of men, proceed 
evil thoughts, adulteries, fornica- 
tions, murders, 

22. Thefts, covetousness, wick- 
edness, deceit, lasciviousness, an 
evil eye, blasphemy, pride, fool- 
ishness: 

23. All these evil things come 
from within, and defile the man. 

Acts xxviii, 27. For the heart 
of this people is waxed gross, and 
their ears are dull of hearing, and 
their eyes have they closed; lest 
they should see with their eyes, 
and hear with their ears, and un- 
derstand with their heart, and 
should be converted, and I should 
heal them. 

Eph. IV, 22. That ye put off 
concerning the former conversa- 
tion the old man, which is cor- 
rupt according to the deceitful 
lusts. 

Jer. xvii, 9. The heart is deceit- 
ful above all things, and desper- 
ately wicked: who can know it? 

Matt, xxiii, 26. Thou blind 
Pharisee, cleanse first that which 
is within the cup and platter, 
that the outside of them may be 
clean also. 

27. Woe unto you, scribes and 
Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are 
like unto whited sepulchers, 
which indeed appear beautiful 
outward, but are within full of 
dead men's bones, and of all un- 
cleanness. 

2 Peter it, 12. But these, as 
natural brute beasts, made to be 
taken and destroyed, speak evil 
of the things that they under- 
stand not; and shall utterly per- 
ish in their own corruption: 

13. And shall receive the re- 



ward of unrighteousness, as they 
that count it pleasure to riot iu 
the day-time. Spots they are 
and blemishes, sporting them- 
selves with their own deceiviugs 
while they feast with you; 

14. Having eyes full of adul- 
tery, and that can not cease from 
sin; beguiling unstable souls: a 
heart they have exercised with 
covetous practices; cursed chil- 
dren : 

15. Which have forsaken the 
right way, and are gone astray, 
following the way of Balaam the 
son of Bosor, who loved the wages 
of unrighteousness; 

16. But was rebuked for his in- 
iquity: the dumb ass, speaking 
with man's voice, forbade the 
madness of the prophet. 

17. These are wells without 
water, clouds that are carried 
with a tempest; to whom the 
mist of darkness is reserved for- 
ever. 

18. For when they speak great 
swelling words of vanity, they 
allure through the lusts of the 
flesh, through much wantonness, 
those that were clean escaped 
from them who live in error. 

Matt, hi, 7. But w^hen he saw 
many of the Pharisees and Sad- 
ducees come to his baptism, he 
said unto them, generation of 
vipers, who hath w^arned you to 
flee from the wrath to come ? 

6. Depravity Hereditary. 

Gen. V, 3. And Adam lived a 
hundred and thirty years, and 
begat a son in his own likeness, 
after his image; and called his 
name Seth. 

John viii, 44. Ye are of your 
father the devil, and the lusts of 
your father ye will do: he was 
a murderer from the beginning, 
and abode not in the truth, be- 
cause there is no truth in him. 
When he speaketh a lie, he 
speaketh of his own: for he is 
a liar, and the father of it. 

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fruit; but a corrupt tree bring- 
eth forth evil fruit. 

Gen. VI, 11. The earth also was 
corrupt before God ; and the earth 
was filled with violence. 

12. And God looked upon the 
earth, and, behold, it was cor- 
rupt; for all flesh had corrupted 
his way upon the earth. 

Psalm xiv, 1. The fool hath 
said in his heart. There is no 
God. They are corrupt, they 
have done abominable works, 
there is none that doeth good. 

2. The Lord looked down from 
heaven upon the children of men, 
to see if there were any that did 
understand, and seek God. 

3. They are all gone aside, they 
are all together become filthy: 
there is none that doeth good, no, 
not one. 

John hi, 6. That which is born 
of the flesh is flesh; and that 
which is born of the spirit is 
spirit. 

Rom. VIII, 7. Because the carnal 
mind is enmity against God; for 
it is not subject to the law of God, 
neither indeed can be. 

RoM. VII, 14. For we know that 
the law is spiritual : but I am car- 
nal, sold under sin. 

1 John hi, 8. He that commit- 
teth sin is of the devil; for the 
devil sinneth from the beginning. 
For this purpose the Son of God 
was manifested, that he might 
destroy the works of the devil. 

1 John hi, 10. In this the chil- 
dren of God are manifest, and the 
children of the devil: whosoever 
doeth not righteousness is not of 
God, neither he that loveth not 
his brother. 

Eph. IV, 22. That ye put ofi" 
concerning the former conversa- 
tion the old man, which is cor- 
rupt according to the deceitful 
lusts. 

Col. II, 13. And you, being dead 
in your sins and the uncircumcis- 
ion of your flesh, hath he quick- 
ened together with him, having 
forgiven you all trespasses. 

1 John ii, 16. For all that is in 



the world, the lust of the flesh, 
and the lust of the eyes, and the 
pride of life, is not of the Father, 
but is of the world. 

Gen. VIII, 21. And the Lord 
smelled a sweet savor; and the 
Lord said in his heart, I will not 
again curse the ground any more 
for man's sake; for the imagina- 
tion of man's heart is evil from 
his youth; neither will I again 
smite any more every thing liv- 
ing, as I have done. 

Prov. XXII, 15. Foolishness is 
bound in the heart of a child; 
but the rod of correction shall 
drive it far from him. 

Psalm li, 5. Behold, I was 
shapen in iniquity; and in sin 
did my mother conceive me. 

EccL. IX, 3. This is an evil 
among all things that are done 
under the sun, that there is one 
event unto all : yea, also the heart 
of the sons of men is full of evil, 
and madness is in their heart 
while they live, and after that 
they go to the dead. 

Matt, xxiii, 27. Woe unto you, 
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites I 
for ye are like unto whited sepul- 
chers, which indeed appear beau- 
tiful outward, but are within full 
of dead men's bones, and of all 
uncleanness. 

7. The Extent of Depravity is 
Total or Universal, in that 
all of Man^s Powers and Fac- 
ulties are Involved, but not in 
Degree; so that, while Mail's 
Entire Nature is Corrupt, he 
may yet sink deeper in Cor- 
ruption, 

(1.) The will is depraved, 

John v, 40. And ye will not 
come to me, that ye might have 
life. 

Eph. II, 3. Among whom also 
we all had our conversation in 
times past in the lusts of our 
flesh, fulfilling the desires of the 
flesh and of the mind; and were 
by nature the children of wrath, 
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Rom. VIII, 7. Because the carnal 
mind is enmity against God: for 
it is not subject to the law of God, 
neither indeed can be. 

Job XXI, 15. What is the Al- 
mighty, that we should serve 
him? and what profit should we 
have, if we pray unto him? 

Psalm lxxxi, 11. But my peo- 
ple would not hearken to my 
voice; and Israel would none 
of me. 

Prov. i, 24. Because I have 
called, and ye refused; I have 
stretched out my hand, and no 
man regarded ; 

25. But ye have set at naught 
all my counsel, and would none 
of my reproof. 

Zech. VII, 11. But they refused 
to hearken, and pulled away the 
shoulder, and stopped their ears, 
that they should not hear. 

12. Yea, they made their hearts 
as an adamant stone, lest they 
should hear the law, and the 
words which the Lord of hosts 
hath sent in his spirit by the for- 
mer prophets : therefore came a 
great wrath from the Lord of 
hosts. 

Ex. V, 2. And Pharaoh said. 
Who is the Lord, that I should 
obey his voice to let Israel go? 
I know not the Lord, neither will 
I let Israel go. 

Job XXI, 14. Therefore they say 
unto God, Depart from us ; for we 
desire not the knowledge of thy 
ways. 

Jer. V, 23. But this people hath 
a revolting and a rebellious heart; 
they are revolted and gone. 

Rom. I, 28. And even as they 
did not like to retain God in their 
knowledge, God gave them over 
to a reprobate mind, to do those 
things which are not convenient; 

29. Being filled with all un- 
righteousness, fornication, wick- 
edness, covetousness, malicious- 
ness; full of envy, murder, 
debate, deceit, malignity; whis- 
perers, 

30. Backbiters, haters of God, 
despiteful, proud, boasters, in- 



ventors of evil things, disobedi- 
ent to parents, 

31. Without understanding, cov- 
enant-breakers, without natural 
aff'ection, implacable, unmerciful : 

32. Who, knowing the judgment 
of God, that they which commit 
such things are worthy of death, 
not only do the same, but have 
pleasure in them that do them. 

(2.) The understanding darkened, 

Deut. XXXII, 18. Of the Rock 
that begat thee thou art unmind- 
ful, and hast forgotten God that 
formed thee. 

Psalm l, 21. These things hast 
thou done, and I kept silence ; 
thou thoughtest that I was alto- 
gether such a one as thyself: but 
I will reprove thee, and set them 
in order before thine eyes. 

Isaiah i, 3. The ox knoweth his 
owner, and the ass his master^s 
crib : but Israel doth not know, 
my people doth not consider. 

Jer. IV, 22. For my people is 
foolish, they have not known me, 
they are sottish children, and 
they have none understanding : 
they are wise to do evil, but to do 
good they have no knowledge. 

Jer. VIII, 7. Yea, the stork in 
the heaven knoweth her ap- 
pointed times ; and the turtle, 
and the crane, and the swallow 
observe the time of their coming; 
but my people know not the judg- 
ment of the Lord. 

Eph. IV, 19. Who being past 
feeling have given themselves 
over unto lasciviousness, to work 
all uncleanness with greediness. 

Psalm lviii, 4. Their poison is 
like the poison of a serpent : they 
are like the deaf adder that stop- 
peth her ear ; 

5. Which will not hearken to 
the voice of charmers, charming 
never so wisely. 

Psalm lxxxii, 5. They know 
not, neither will they under- 
stand : they walk on in darkness : 
all the foundations of the earth 
are out of course. 

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ones, will ye love simplicity ? and 
the scorners delight in their scorn- 
ing, and fools hate knowledge ? 

Proy. I, 29. For that they hated 
knowledge, and did not choose 
the fear of the Lord : 

30. They would none of my 
counsel : they despised all my 
reproof. 

Eph. IV, 18. Having the under- 
standing darkened, being alien- 
ated from the life of God through 
the ignorance that is in them, be- 
cause of the blindness of their 
heart. 

1 Cor. II, 14. But the natural 
man receiveth not the things of 
the Spirit of God; for they are 
foolishness unto him : neither 
can he know them, because they 
are spiritually discerned. 

2 Tim. hi, 13. But evil men and 
seducers shall wax worse and 
worse, deceiving, and being de- 
ceived. 

(3.) The affections are corrupt. 

Eph. II, 3. Among whom also 
we had our conversation in times 
past in the lusts of our flesh, ful- 
filling the desires of the flesh and 
of the mind ; and were by nature 
the children of wrath, even as 
others. 

Titus hi, 3. For we ourselves 
also were sometime foolish, diso- 
bedient, deceived, serving divers 
lusts and pleasures, living in 
malice and envy, hateful, and 
hating one another. 

1 Pet. IV, 3. For the time past 
of our life may suffice us to have 
wrought the will of the Gentiles, 
when we walked in lascivious- 
ness, lusts, excess of wine, rev- 
elings, banquetings, and abom- 
inable idolatries : 

4. Wherein theythink it strange 
that ye run not with them to the 
same excess of riot, speaking evil 
of you. 

Jer. II, 22. Por though thou 
wash thee with niter, and take 
thee much soap, yet thine iniq- 
uity is marked before me, saith 
the Lord God. 



Jer. XVII, 9. The heart is de- 
ceitful above all things, and des- 
perately wicked : who can know 
it? 

Eph. IV, 19. Who being past 
feeling have given themselves 
over unto lasciviousness, to work 
all uncleanness with greediness. 

Rom. VIII, 7. Because the carnal 
mind is enmity against God : for 
it is not subject to the law of God, 
neither indeed can be. 

Jer. V, 23. But this people hath 
a revolting and a rebellious heart j 
they are revolted and gone. 

Eph. V, 14. Wherefore he saith, 
Awake thou that sleepest, and 
arise from the dead, and Christ 
shall give thee light. 

John hi, 19. And this is the 
condemnation, that light is come 
into the w^orld, and men loved 
darkness rather than light, be- 
cause their deeds were evil. 

20. For every one that doeth 
evil hateth the light, neither com- 
eth to the light, lest his deeds 
should be reproved. 

John vii, 7. The world can not 
hate you ; but me it hateth, be- 
cause I testify of it, that the 
works thereof are evil. 

JoHX XV, 26. But when the 
Comforter is come, whom I will 
send unto you from the Father, 
even the Spirit of truth, which 
proceedeth from the Father, he 
shall testify of me. 

(4.) The imagination is vitiated. 

Gen. VI, 5. And God saw that 
the wickedness of man was great 
in the earth, and that every im- 
agination of the thoughts of his 
heart was only evil continually. 

Gen. VIII, 21. And the Lord 
smelled a sweet savor ,• and the 
Lord said in his heart, I will not 
again curse the ground any more 
I for man's sake ; for the imagina- 
I tion of man's heart is evil from 
I his youth : neither will I again 
I smite any more every thing liv- 
ing, as I have done. 

Jer. Ill, 17. At that time they 
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of the Lord ; and all the nations 
shall be gathered unto it, to the 
name of the Lord, to Jerusalem : 
neither shall they walk any more 
after the imagination of their evil 
heart. 

Jer. VII, 24. But they heark- 
ened not, nor inclined their ear, 
but walked in the counsels and 
in the imagination of their evil 
heart, and went backward, and 
not forward. 

Eph. IV, 17. This I say there- 
fore, and testify in the Lord, that 
ye henceforth walk not as other 
Gentiles walk, in the vanity of 
their mind, 

18. Having the understanding 
darkened, being alienated from 
the life of God through the igno- 
rance that is in them, because of 
the blindness of their heart : 

19. Who being past feeling have 
given themselves over unto las- 
civiousness, to work all unclean- 
ness with greediness. 

2 Cor. x, 5. Casting down im- 
aginations, and every high thing 
that exalteth itself against the 
knowledge of God, and bringing 
into captivity every thought to 
the obedience of Christ. 

5. Man's Moral Foioers Far- 
alyzed. 

Eph. V, 14. Wherefore he saith. 
Awake thou that sleepest, and 
arise from the dead, and Christ 
shall give thee light. 

RoM. XI, 8. According as it is 
written, God hath given them the 
spirit of slumber, eyes that they 
should not see, and ears that they 
should not hear, unto this day. 

Jonah i, 6. So the shipmaster 
came unto him, and said unto 
him, What meanest thou, 
sleeper ? arise, call upon thy God, 
if so be that God will think upon 
us, that we perish not. 

RoM. VII, 18. For I know that 
in me, that is, in my flesh, dwell- 
eth no good thing : for to will is 



present with me; but how to per- 
form that which is good I find 
not. 

19. For the good that I would, 
I do not : but the evil which I 
would not, that I do. 

Rom. VII, 23. But I see another 
law in my members, warring 
against the law of my mind, and 
bringing me into captivity to the 
law of sin which is in my mem- 
bers. 

24. wretched man that I 
am I who shall deliver me from 
the body of this death ? 

6. Man's Titter Helplessness, 

RoM. V, 6. For when we were 
yet without strength, in due time 
Christ died for the ungodly. 

Eph. II, 1. And you hath he 
quickened, who were dead in 
trespasses and sins. 

Eph. II, 5. Which in other ages 
was not made known unto the 
sons of men, as it is now revealed 
unto his holy apostles and proph- 
ets. 

2 Pet. ii, 3. And through cov- 
etousness shall they with feigned 
words make merchandise of you : 
whose judgment now of a long 
time lingereth not, and their 
damnation slumbereth not. 

RoM. Ill, 11. There is none that 
understandeth, there is none that 
seeketh after God. 

12. They are all gone out of the 
way, they are together become 
unprofitable ; there is none that 
doeth good, no, not one. 

13. Their throat is an open sep- 
ulcher : with their tongues they 
have used deceit; the poison of 
asps is under their lips : 

14. Whose mouth is full of curs- 
ing and bitterness : 

15. Their feet are swift to shed 
blood : 

16. Destruction and misery are 
in their ways : 

17. And the way of peace have 
they not known. 



BOOK IIL 

ATONEMENT OR REDEMPTION. 



ATONEMENT OR REDEMPTION. 



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Atonement is the satisfaction offered to Divine jus- 
tice by the death of Christ for the sins of mankind, by 
virtue of which all true penitents, who believe in Christ, 
are personally reconciled to God, are freed from the 
penalty of their sins, and entitled to eternal life. The 
atonement made for sin by the death of Christ is rep- 
resented in the Christian system as the means by which 
mankind may be delivered from eternal death, recon- 
ciled to God, and restored to the Divine image. These 
ends it professes to accomplish by means which, with 
respect to the Supreme Governor himself, preserve his 
character from mistake, and maintain the authority of 
his government ; and with respect to man, give him 
the strongest reasons for hope, and render more favora- 
ble the conditions of his earthly probation. 

How sin may be forgiven without leading to such 
misconceptions of the Divine character as would en- 
courage disobedience, and thereby weaken the influence 
of the Divine government, must be considered a problem 
of very difficult solution. A government which ad- 
mitted of no forgiveness would sink the guilty to 
despair. A government which never punishes offense 
is a contradiction — it can not exist. Not to punish the 
guilty is to dissolve authority ; to punish without mercy 
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destruction universal. Through the atonement all the 
ends of government are answered. No license is given 
to offense. The moral law is unrepealed. A day of 
judgment is still appointed. Future and eternal pun- 
ishments still display their awful sanctions. A new 
and singular display of the awful purity of the Divine 
character is afforded ; yet pardon is offered to all who 
seek it, and the whole world may be saved. 

With such evidence of suitableness to the wants of 
mankind, under such lofty views of connection with the 
principles and ends of moral government, does the 
doctrine of the atonement present itself. The Scrip- 
tures speak on this wise. The first declaration on this 
subject, after the appearance of Christ, is from John the 
Baptist, when he beheld Christ coming to him: "Be- 
hold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of 
world." There can be no doubt that John spoke 
of Christ under a sacrificial character, and of the effect 
of that sacrifice as an atonement for the sins of man- 
kind. In the Acts of the Apostles, Philip, the Evangel- 
ist, applies the following words of Isaiah to Christ and 
his death : " He was led as a sheep to the slaughter ; 
and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he 
not his mouth ; in his humiliation his judgment was 
taken away, and who shall declare his generation, for 
his life is taken from the earth." If this applied to 
Christ, of course the whole of the prophecy, of which 
this is but a part, applies to him. " He was wounded 
for our transgressions ; he was bruised for our iniqui- 
ties ; the chastisement of our peace was upon him ; and 
with his stripes we are healed : the Lord hath laid on 
him the iniquity of us all." 

"While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 
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be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were 
enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his 
Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by 
his life." Eom. v, 8-10. 

"Now once in the end of the world hath he ap- 
peared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. 
Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many ; and 
unto them that look for him shall he appear the sec- 
ond time without sin unto salvation." Heb. ix, 26-28. 

" For it pleased the Father that in him should all 
fullness dwell; and, having made peace through the 
blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto 
himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in 
earth, or things in heaven. And you, that were some- 
time alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked 
works, yet hath he now reconciled in the body of his 
flesh through death." Col. i, 19-22. 

" God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto 
himself" 2 Cor. v, 19. 

" Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the 
law, being made a curse for us." Gal. iii, 13. 

" Being justified freely by his grace, through the 
redemption that is in Christ Jesus." Eev. iii, 24. 

"In whom we have redemption through his blood, 
the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his 
grace." Eph. i, 7. 

"Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed 
with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your 
vain conversation received by tradition from your fa- 
thers; but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a 
lamb without blemish and without spot." 1 Peter i, 
18, 19. 

"And ye are not your own, for ye are bought with 
a. price." 1 Cor. vi, 19, 20. 

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" The Son of man came to give his life a ransom 
for many." Matt, xx, 28. 

" Who gave himself a ransom for all." 1 Tim. ii, 6. 

"In whom we have redemption through his blood." 
Eph. i, 7. 

These passages clearly teach that the death of Christ 
is an atonement for sin, a satisfaction offered to Divine 
justice, the price for our ransom, and the meritorious 
and procuring cause of our pardon. "We are freely 
justified by his grace through the redemption that is 
in Christ Jesus ;" but this redemption was not pro- 
cured by us, nor at our expense; it was the result of 
the pure love of God, who, compassionating our mis- 
ery, himself provided the means of our deliverance, by 
sending his only begotten Son into the world, who vol- 
untarily submitted to die upon the cross that he might 
become the propitiation for our sins, and reconcile us 
to God. 

Throughout the whole of this glorious doctrine of 
our redemption from the tremendous evils of sin, there 
is, in the New Testament, a constant reference to the 
redemption price, which is uniformly declared to be the 
death of Christ, which he endured in our stead. 



CHAPTER I. 



" REDEMPTION, 



I. Necessity for an Atonement. 

KoM. Ill, 19. Now we know that 
what things soever the law saith, 
it saith to them who are under 
the law: that every mouth may- 
be stopped, and all the world may 
become guilty before God. 



20. Therefore by the deeds of 
the law, there shall no flesh be 
justified in his sight: for by the 
law is the knowledge of sin. 

EoM. Ill, 31. Do we then make 
void the law through faith? God 
forbid: yea, we establish the law. 

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is not justified by the works of the 
law, but by the faith of Jesus 
Christ, even we have believed in 
Jesus Christ, that we might be 
justified by the faith of Christ, 
and not by the works of the law : 
for by the works of the law phall 
no flesh be justified. 

Gal. Ill, 10. For as many as are 
of the works of the law, are under 
the curse : for it is written. Cursed 
is every one that continueth not 
in all tilings which are written in 
the book of the law to do them. 

11. But that no man is justified 
by the law in the sight of God, it 
is evident: for. The just shall live 
by faith. 

12. And the law is not of faith : 
but. The man that doeth them 
shall live in them. 

13. Christ hath redeemed us 
from the curse of the law, being 
made a curse for us: for it is 
written. Cursed is every one that 
hangeth on a tree : 

14. That the blessing of Abra- 
ham might come on the Gentiles 
through Jesus Christ; that we 
might receive the promise of the 
Spirit through faith. 

15. Brethren, I speak after the 
manner of men ; Though it be 
but a man's covenant, yet if it be 
confirmed, no man disannulleth 
or addeth thereto. 

16. ^N'ow to Abraham and his 
seed were the promises made. 
He saith not, and to seeds, as of 
many; but as of one, And to thy 
seed, which is Christ. 

17. And this I say. That the 
covenant that was confirmed be- 
fore of God in Christ, the law 
which was four hundred and 
thirty years after, can not dis- 
annul, that it should make the 
promise of none eff'ect. 

18. For if the inheritance be of 
the law, it is no more of promise: 
but God gave it to Abraham by 
promise. 

19. Wherefore then serveth the 
law? itwas added because of trans- 
gressions, till the seed should come 
to whom the promise was made; 



and it was ordained by angels in 
the hand of a mediator. 

20. ISTow, a mediator is not a 
mediator of one: but God is one. 

21. Is the law then against the 
promises of God? God forbid: for 
if there had been a law given 
which could have given life, ver- 
ily righteousness should have 
been by the law. 

22. But the scripture hath con- 
cluded all under sin, that the 
promise by faith of Jesus Christ 
might be given to them that 
believe. 

23. But before faith came, we 
were kept under the law, shut up 
unto the faith which should after- 
ward be revealed. 

24. Wherefore the law was our 
schoolmaster to bring us unto 
Christ, that we might be justified 
by faith. 

Heb. IX, 22. And almost all 
things are by the law purged 
with blood; and without shed- 
ding of blood is no remission. 

23. It was therefore necessary 
that the patterns of things in the 
heavens should be purified with 
these; but the heavenly things 
themselves with better sacrifices 
than these. 

• Acts xiii, 38. Be it known unto 
you therefore, men and brethren, 
that through this man is preached 
unto you the forgiveness of sins; 

39. And by him all that believe 
are justified from all things, from 
which ye could not be justified by 
the law of Moses. 

Acts iv, 12. Neither is there 
salvation in any other: for there 
is none other name under heaven 
given among men, whereby we 
must be saved. 

John hi, 8. The wind bloweth 
where it listeth, and thou hearest 
the sound thereof, but canst not 
tell whence it cometh, and whither 
it goeth: so is every one that is 
born of the Spirit. 

Matt, xviii, 11. And I say unto 
you. That many shall come from 
the east and west, and shall sit 
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and Jacob, in the kingdom of 
heaven. 

2, Redemption by the Death 
OF Christ. 

Isaiah liii, 5. But he was 
wounded for our transgressions, 
he was bruised for our iniquities: 
the chastisement of our peace 
was upon himj and with his 
stripes we are healed. 

6. All we like sheep have gone 
astray; we have turned every one 
to his own way ; and the Lord hath 
laid on him the iniquity of us all. 

7. He was oppressed, and he 
was afflicted, yet he opened not 
his mouth: he is brought as a 
lamb to the slaughter, and as 
a sheep before her shearers is 
dumb, so he openeth not his 
mouth. 

8. He was taken from prison 
and from judgment: and who 
shall declare his generation? for 
he was cut off out of the land of 
the living: for the transgression 
of my people was he stricken. 

9. And he made his grave with 
the wicked, and with the rich in 
his death; because he had done 
no violence, neither was any de- 
ceit in his mouth. 

10. Yet it pleased the Lord to 
bruise him; he hath put him to 
grief: when thou shalt make his 
soul an offering for sin, he shall 
see his seed, he shall prolong his 
days, and the pleasure of the 
Lord shall prosper in his hand. 

11. He shall see of the travail 
of his soul, and shall be satisfied: 
by his knowledge shall my right- 
eous servant justify many ; for he 
shall bear their iniquities. 

Matt, xx, 28. Even as the Son 
of man came not to be ministered 
unto, but to minister, and to give 
his life a ransom for many. 

John vi, 51. I am the living 
bread which came down from 
heaven : if any man eat of this 
bread, he shall live forever: and 
the bread that I will give is my 
flesh, which I will give for the 
life of the world. 



Matt, xxvi, 28. For this is my 
blood of the new testament, which 
is shed for many for the remission 
of sins. 

Heb. IX, 12. N"either by the 
blood of goats and calves, but by 
his own blood, he entered in once 
into the holy place, having ob- 
tained eternal redemption for us. 

13. For if the blood of bulls 
and of goats, and the ashes of a 
heifer sprinkling the unclean, 
sanctifieth to the purifying of 
the flesh: 

14. How much more shall the 
blood of Christ, who through the 
eternal Spirit offered himself 
without spot to God, purge your 
conscience from dead works to 
serve the living God? 

Heb. IX, 28. So Christ was once 
offered to bear the sins of many; 
and unto them that look for him 
shall he appear the second time 
without sin unto salvation. 

Eph. II, 13. But now, in Christ 
Jesus, ye, who sometime were 
far off, were made nigh by the 
blood of Christ. 

Eph. V, 2. And walk in love, as 
Christ also hath loved us, and 
hath given himself for us an 
offering and a sacrifice to God for 
a sweet-smelling savor. 

Gal. II, 20. I am crucified with 
Christ: nevertheless I live; yet 
not I, but Christ liveth in me: 
and the life which I now live in 
the flesh I live by the faith of the 
Son of God, who loved me, and 
gave himself for me. 

Gal. Ill, 13. Christ hath re- 
deemed us from the curse of the 
law, being made a curse for us: 
for it is written. Cursed is every 
one that hangeth on a tree. 

1 Cor. V, 7. Purge out there- 
fore the old leaven, that ye may 
be a new lump, as ye are unleav- 
ened. For even Christ our pass- 
over is sacrificed for us. 

1 CoR. XV, 3. For I delivered 
unto you first of all, that which 
I also received, how that Christ 
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EoM. Ill, 24. Being ju8tified 
freely by his grace through the 
redemption that is in Christ 
Jesus: 

25. "Whom God hath set forth 
to be a propitiation through faith 
in his blood, to declare his right- 
eousness for the remission of sins 
that are past, through the for- 
bearance of God: 

26. To declare, I say, at this 
time his righteousness: that he 
might be just, and the justifier 
of him which believeth in Jesus. 

EoM. V, 6. For when we were 
yet without strength, in due time 
Christ died for the ungodly. 

EoM. V, 19. For as by one man's 
disobedience many were made 
sinners, so by the obedience of one 
shall many be made righteous. 

Heb. XIII, 12. Wherefore Jesus 
also, that he might sanctify the 
people Avith his own blood, suf- 
fered without the gate. 

1 Peter i, 18. Forasmuch as ye 
know that ye were not redeemed 
with corruptible things, as silver 
and gold, from your vain conver- 
sation received by tradition from 
your fathers ; 

19. But with the previous blood 
of Christ, as of a lamb without 
blemish and without spot. 

1 Peter ii, 24. Who his own self 
bare our sins in his own body on 
the tree, that we, being dead to 
sins, should live unto righteous- 
ness : by whose stripes ye were 
healed. 

1 Peter hi, 18. For Christ also 
hath once suffered for sins, the 
just for the unjust, that he might 
bring us to God, being put to 
death in the flesh, but quickened 
by the spirit. 

Heb. X, 10. By the which will 
we are sanctified through the 
offering of the body of Jesus 
Christ once for all. 

11. And every priest standeth 
daily ministering and offering 
oftentimes the same sacrifices, 
which can never take away sins. 

12. But this man, after he had 
offered one sacrifice for sins, for- 



ever sat down on the right hand 

of God ; 

13. From henceforth expecting 
till his enemies be made his foot- 
stool. 

14. For by one offering he hath 
perfected forever them that are 
sanctified. 

Heb. X, 19. Having therefore, 
brethren, boldness to enter into 
the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 

20. By a new and living way, 
which he hath consecrated for us, 
through the veil, that is to say, 
his flesh. 

1 John hi, 5. And ye know 
that he was manifested to take 
away our sins; and in him is no 
sin. 

John hi, 14. And as Moses 
lifted up the serpent in the wil- 
derness, even so must the Son of 
man be lifted up : 

15. That whosoever believeth 
in him should not perish, but have 
eternal life. 

Isaiah xxxv, 10. For in this 
mountain shall the hand of the 
Lord rest, and Moab shall be trod- 
den down under him, even as 
straw is trodden down for the 
dunghill. 

1 Tim. II, 6. Who gave himself 
a ransom for all, to be testified in 
due time. 

1 Cor. VI, 20. For ye are bought 
with a price : therefore glorify 
God in your body, and in your 
spirit, which are God's. 

1 CoR. I, 30. But of him are ye 
in Christ Jesus, who of God is 
made unto us wisdom, and right- 
eousness, and sanctification, and 
redemption. 

Eev. V, 9. And they sung a new 
song, saying, Thou art worthy 
to take the book, and to open 
the seals thereof: for thou wast 
slain, and hast redeemed us to 
God by thy blood out of every 
kindred, and tongue, and people, 
and nation. 

Eev. V, 4. And I wept much, 
because no man was found worthy 
to open, and to read the book, 
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3. The Death of Christ a Suf- 
ficient Atonement for the 
Sins of the Whole World, 

Rom. V, 18. Therefore, as by the 
offense of one judgment came 
upon all men to condemnation, 
even so by the righteousness of 
one the free gift came upon all 
men unto justification of life. 

Heb. II, 9. But we see Jesus, 
who was made a little lower than 
the angels for the suffering of 
death, crowned with glory and 
honor 5 that he by the grace of 
God should taste death for every 
man. 

1 John i, 2. And he is the pro- 
pitiation for our sins : and not for 
ours only, but also for the sins of 
the whole world. 

2 CoR. V, 14. For the love of 
Christ constraineth us; because 
we thus judge, that if one died 
for all, then were all dead : 

15. And that he died for all, 
that they which live should not 
henceforth live unto themselves, 
but unto him which died for 
them, and rose again. 

1 Tim. II, 6. Who gave himself 
a ransom for all, to be testified in 
due time. 

1 Tim. IV, 10. For therefore we 
both labor and suffer reproach, 
because we trust in the living 
God who is the Savior of all men, 
especially of those that believe. 

John iv, 42. And said unto the 
woman, Now we believe, not be- 
cause of thy saying : for we have 
heard him ourselves, and know 
that this is indeed the Christ, the 
Savior of the world. 

John i, 29. The next day John 
seeth Jesus coming unto him, and 
saith. Behold the Lamb of God, 
which taketh away the sin of the 
world I 

Isaiah liii, 6. All we like sheep 
have gone astray ; we have turned 
every one to his own way ;^ and 
the Lord hath laid on him the 
iniquity of us all. 

John hi, 16. For God so loved 
the world, that he gave his only 



begotten Son, that whosoever be- 
lieveth in him should not perish, 
but have everlasting life. 

17. For God sent not his Son 
into the world, to condemn the 
world, but that the world through 
him might be saved. 

RoM. Ill, 25. Whom God hath 
set forth to be a propitiation, 
through faith in his blood, to de- 
clare his righteousness for the 
remission of sins that are past, 
through the forbearance of God. 

Gal. IV, 4. But when the full- 
ness of the time was come, God 
sent forth his Son, made of a wo- 
man, made under the law, 

5. To redeem them that were 
under the law, that we might re- 
ceive the adoption of sons. 

1 John iv, 9. In this was mani- 
fested the love of God toward us, 
because that God sent his only be- 
gotten Son into the world, that 
we might live through him. 

10. Herein is love, not that we 
loved God, but that he loved us, 
and sent his Son to be the propi- 
tiation for our sins. 

2 CoR. V, 18. And all things are 
of God, who hath reconciled us to 
himself by Jesus Christ, and hath 
given to us the ministry of recon- 
ciliation ; 

19. To wit, that God was in 
Christ, reconciling the world unto 
himself, not imputing their tres- 
passes unto them ; and hath com- 
mitted unto us the word of recon- 
ciliation. 

Eph. II, 13. But now, in Christ 
Jesus, ye, who sometime were far 
off, are made nigh by the blood 
of Christ. 

14. For he is our peace, who 
hath made both one, and hath 
broken down the middle wall of 
partition between us ; 

15. Having abolished in his 
flesh the enmity, even the law of 
commandments contained in or- 
dinances : for to make in himself 
of twain one new man, so mak- 
ing peace ; 

16. And that he might reconcile 
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cross, having slain the enmity 
thereby : 

17. And came and preached 
peace to you which were afar off, 
and to them that were nigh. 

18. For through him we both 
have an access by one Spirit unto 
the Father. 

19. Now therefore ye are no 
more strangers and foreigners, 
but fellow-citizens with the saints, 
and of the household of God. 

Col. I, 20. And, having made 
peace through the blood of his 
cross, by him to reconcile all 
things unto himself; by him, I 
say, whether they be t^^ings in 
earth, or things in heaven. 

21. And you, that were some- 
time alienated, and enemies in 
your mind by wicked works, yet 
now hath he reconciled, 

22. In the body of his flesh 
through death, to present you 
holy, and unblamable, and un- 
reprovable in his sight. 

4. The Death of Christ the 
Procuring Cause 0/ Mart's 
Salvatio7t, 

EoM. Ill,' 25. Whom God hath 
set forth 'to be a propitiation, 
through faith in his blood, to de- 
clare his righteousness for the re- 
mission of sins that are past, 
through the forbearance of God. 

2 CoR. V, 18. And all things are 
of God, who hath reconciled us to 
himself by Jesus Christ, and hath 
given to us the ministry of recon- 
ciliation ; 

19. To wit, that God was in 
Christ, reconciling the world unto 
himself, not imputing their tres- 
passes unto them ; and hath com- 
mitted unto us the word of recon- 
ciliation. 

Eph. II, 13. Wherefore I desire 
that ye faint not at my tribula- 
tions for you, which is your 
glory. 

14. For this cause I bow my 
knees unto the Father of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, 

15. Of whom the whole family 
in heaven and earth is named. 



17. That he would grant you, 
according to the riches of his 
glory, to be strengthened with 
might by his Spirit in the inner 
man ,• 

17. That Christ may dwell in 
your hearts by faith ; that ye, be- 
ing rooted and grounded in love, 

18. May be able to comprehend 
with all saints what is the 
breadth, and length, and depth, 
and height ,• 

19. And to know the love of 
Christ, which passeth knowledge, 
that ye might be filled with all 
the fullness of God. 

1 CoR. I, 30. But of him are ye 
in Christ Jesus, who of God is 
made unto us wisdom, and right- 
eousness, and sanctification, and 
redemption. 

Gal. IV, 4. But when the full- 
ness of the time was come, God 
sent forth his Son, made of a wo- 
man, made under the law. 

Gal. Ill, 13. Christ hath re- 
deemed us from the curse of the 
law, being made a curse for us : 
for it is written. Cursed is every 
one that hangeth on a tree. 

Titus ii, 14. Who gave himself 
for us, that he might redeem us 
from all iniquity, and purify unto 
himself a peculiar people, zealous 
of good works. 

Matt, xx, 28. Even as the Son 
of man came not to be ministered 
unto, but to minister, and to give 
his life a ransom for many. 

1 CoR. VI, 20. For ye are bought 
with a price : therefore glorify 
God in your body, and in your 
spirit, which are God's. 

Acts xx, 28. Take heed there- 
fore unto yourselves, and to all 
the flock over the which the Holy 
Ghost hath made you overseers, 
to feed the Church of God, which 
he hath purchased with his own 
blood. 

1 Pet. I, 18. Forasmuch as ye 
know that ye are not redeemed 
with corruptible things, as silver 
and gold, from your vain conver- 
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Rom. V, 10. For if when we 
were enemies, we were reconciled 
to God bv the death of his Son ; 
much more, being reconciled, w^e 
shall be saved by his life. 

Eph. I, 7. In whom we have 
redemption through his blood, 
the forgiveness of sins, according 
to the riches of his grace. 

Col. I, 14. In whom we have 
redemption through his blood, 
even the forgiveness of sins. 

Rom. Ill, 24. Being justified 
freely by his grace, through the 
redemption that is in Christ Je- 
sus. 

Job XXXIII, 24. Then he is gra- 
cious unto him, and saith. Deliver 
him from going down to the pit : 
I have found a ransom. 

5. Benefits of the Death of 
Christ. 

(1.) Justification, 

1 Cor. VI, 11. And such were 
some of you : but ye are washed, 
but ye are sanctified, but ye are 
justified in the name of the Lord 
Jesus, and by the Spirit of our 
God. 

Acts xiii, 39. And by him all 
that believe are justified from all 
things, from which ye could not 
be justified by the law of Moses. 

Rom. Ill, 24. Being justified 
freely by his grace through the 
redemption that is in Christ Je- 
sus. 

RoM. VIII, 1. There is therefore 
now no condemnation to them 
which are in Christ Jesus, who 
walk not after the flesh, but after 
the Spirit. 

2. For the law of the Spirit of 
life in Christ Jesus hath made me 
free from the law of sin and 
death. 

RoM. VIII, 33. Who shall lay 
any thing to the charge of God's 
elect? It is God that justifieth: 

34. Who is he that condemneth ? 
It is Christ that died, yea rather, 
that is risen again, who is even 
at the right hand of God, who 
also maketh intercession for us. 



John x, 9. I am the door: by 
me if any man enter in, he shall 
be saved, and shall go in and out, 
and find pasture. 

1 CoR. XV, 57. But thanks be to 
God, which giveth us the victory, 
through our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Gal. II, 19. For I through the 
law am dead to the law, that I 
might live unto God. 

20. I am crucified with Christ: 
nevertheless, I live; yet not I, 
but Christ liveth in me: and the 
life which I now live in the flesh, 
I live by the faith of the Son of 
God, who loved me, and gave 
himself for me. 

Eph. I, 6. To the praise of the 
glory of his grace, wherein he 
hath made us accepted in the 
Beloved: 

7. In whom we have redemp- 
tion through his blood, the for- 
giveness of sins, according to the 
riches of his grace. 

Eph. II, 18. For through him 
we both have access by one Spirit 
unto the Father. 

19. iN'ow therefore ye are no 
more strangers and foreigners, 
but fellow-citizens with the saints, 
and of the household of God. 

Col. I, 21. And you, that were 
sometinae alienated and enemies 
in your mind by wicked works, 
yet now hath he reconciled, 

22. In the body of his flesh 
through death, to present you 
holy and unblamable and unre- 
provable in his sight: 

23. If ye continue in the faith 
grounded and settled, and be not 
moved away from the hope of 
the Gospel, which ye have heard, 
and which was preached to every 
creature which is under heaven ; 
whereof I Paul am made a min- 
ister. 

Heb. X, 19. While Peter thought 
on the vision, the Spirit said unto 
him, Behold, three men seek thee. 

20. Arise therefore, and get thee 
down, and go with them, doubt- 
ing nothing: for I have sent them. 

1 John ii, 12. I write unto you, 
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are forgiven you for his name's 
sake. 

EoM. Ill, 8. And not rather, (as 
we be slanderously reported, and 
as some affirm that we say,) Let 
us do evil, that good may come? 
whose damnation is just. 

EoM. V, 16. And not as it was by 
one that sinned, so is the gift. For 
the judgment was by one to con- 
demnation, but the free gift is of 
many offenses unto justification. 

17. For if by one man's ofl'ense 
death reigned by one ; much more 
tbey which receive abundance of 
grace, and of the gift of right- 
eousness, shall reign in life by 
one, Jesus Christ. 

18. Therefore, as by the offense 
of one judgment came upon all 
men to condemnation, even so by 
the righteousness of one the free 
gift came upon all men unto jus- 
tification of life. 

19. For as by one man's dioobe- 
dience many were made sinners, 
so by the obedience of one shall 
many be made righteous. 

EoM. Ill, 26. To declare, I say, 
at this time his righteousness: 
that he might be just, and the 
justifier of him which believeth 
in Jesus. 

27. Where is boasting then? It 
is excluded. By what law? of 
works ? Nay, but by the law of 
faith. 

28. Therefore we conclude, that 
a man is justified by faith with- 
out the deeds of the law. 

Isaiah liii, 11. He shall see of 
the travail of his soul, and shall 
be satisfied : by his knowledge 
shall my righteous servant jus- 
tify many; for he shall bear 
their iniquities. 

1 John v, 13. These things have 
I written unto you that believe on 
the name of the Son of God; that 
ye may know that ye have eternal 
life, and that ye may believe on 
the name of the Son of God. 

(2.) Regeneration. 

Gal. ii, 20. I am crucified with 
Christ: nevertheless I live; yet 



not I, but Christ liveth in me: 
and the life which I now live in 
the flesh I live by the faith of the 
Son of God, who loved me, and 
gave himself for me. 

Gal. V, 24. And they that are 
Christ's have crucified the flesh 
with the affections and lusts. 

Gal. VI, 15. For in Christ Jesus 
neither circumcision availeth any 
thing, nor uncircumcision, but a 
new creature. 

2 CoR. V, 17. Therefore, if any 
man be in Christ, he is a new 
creature: old things are passed 
away; behold, all things are be- 
come new. 

Rom. II, 28. For he is not a Jew, 
which is one outwardly; neither 
is that circumcision, which is out- 
ward in the flesh: 

29. But he is a Jew who is one 
inwardly; and circumcision is 
that of the heart, in the spirit, 
and not in the letter; whose 
praise is not of men, but of God. 

EzEK. XXXVI, 26. A new heart 
also will I give you, and a new 
spirit will I put within you: and 
I will take away the stony heart 
out of your flesh, and I will give 
you a heart of flesh. 

Eph. IV, 22. That ye put off 
concerning the former conversa- 
tion the old man, which is cor- 
rupt according to the deceitful 
lusts ; 

23. And be renewed in the 
spirit of your mind. 

John i, 12. But as many as 
received him, to them gave he 
power to become the sons of God, 
even to them that believe on his 
name: 

13. Which were born, not of 
blood, nor of the will of the 
flesh, nor of the will of man, but 
of God. 

EzEK. II, 19. And I will give 
them one heart, and I will put a 
new spirit within you; and I will 
take the stony heart out of their 
flesh, and will give them a heart 
of flesh : 

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ordinances, and do them: and 
they shall be my peo])le, and I 
will be their God. 

EzEK. XXXVI, 25. Then will I 
sprinkle clean water upon you, 
and ye shall be clean : from all 
your filthiness, and from all your 
idols, will I cleanse you. 

26. A new heart also will I give 
you, and a new spirit will I put 
within you: and I will take away 
the stony heart out of your flesh, 
and I will give you a heart of 
flesh. 

27. And I will put my spirit 
within you, and cause you to 
walk in my statutes, and ye shall 
keep my judgments, and do them. 

Jer. XXIV, 7. And I will give 
them a heart to know me, that I 
am the Lord: and they shall be 
my people, and I will be their 
God: for they shall return unto 
me with their whole heart. 

Jer. XXXI, 33. But this shall be 
the covenant that I will make 
with the house of Israel; After 
those days, saith the Lord, I will 
put my law in their inward parts, 
and write it in their hearts; and 
will be their God, and they shall 
be my people. 

Acts hi, 19. Eepent ye, there- 
fore, and be converted, that your 
sins may be blotted out, when the 
times of refreshing shall come 
from the presence of the Lord. 

Heb. XI, 6. But without faith it 
is impossible to please him: for 
he that cometh to God must be- 
lieve that he is, and that he is a 
rewarder of them that diligently 
seek him. 

(3.) Reconciliation. 

BoM. V, 10. For if, when we 
were enemies, we were reconciled 
to God by the death of his Son, 
much more, being reconciled, we 
shall be saved by his life. 

Eph. I, 10. That in the dispen- 
sation of the fullness of times he 
might gather together in one all 
things in Christ, both which are 
in heaven, and which are on 
earth; even in him. 



Eph. II, 16. And that he might 
reconcile both unto God in one 
body by the cross, having slain 
the enmity thereby. 

Col. I, 19. For it pleased the 
Father that in him should all 
fullness dwell ; 

20. And, having made peace 
through the blood of his cross, 
by him to reconcile all things 
unto himself; by him, I say, 
whether they be things in earth, 
or things in heaven. 

21. And you, that were some- 
time alienated and enemies in 
your mind by wicked works, yet 
now hath he reconciled. 

2 CoR. V, 18. And all things are 
of God, who hath reconciled us to 
himself by Jesus Christ, and hath 
given to us the ministry of recon- 
ciliation ; 

19. To wit, that God was in 
Christ, reconciling the world unto 
himself, not imputing their tres- 
passes unto them ; and hath com- 
mitted unto us the word of recon- 
ciliation. 

Eph. II, 13. But now in Christ 
Jesus ye who sometime were far 
off" are made nigh by the blood of 
Christ. 

(4.) Adoption, 

Eph. II, 13. But now, in Christ 
Jesus, ye who sometime were far 
off are made nigh by the blood of 
Christ. 

14. For he is our peace, who 
hath made both one, and hath 
broken down the middle wall of 
partition between us ; 

16. Having abolished in his 
flesh the enmity, even the law of 
commandments contained in or- 
dinances ; for to make in him- 
self of twain one new man, so 
making peace; 

16. And that he might reconcile 
both unto God in one body by the 
cross, having slain the enmity 
thereby : 

17. And came and preached 
peace to you which were afar off, 
and to them that were nigh. 

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have access by one Spirit unto the 
Father. 

19. Now therefore ye are no 
more strangers and foreigners, 
but fellow citizens with the 
saints, and of the household of 
God. 

Rom. V, 10. For if, w^hen we 
were enemies, we were reconciled 
to God by the death of his Son ; 
much more, being reconciled, we 
shall be saved by his life. 

CoL. I, 2. To the saints and 
faithful brethren in Christ which 
are at Colosse : Grace be unto you, 
and peace, from God our Father 
and the Lord Jesus Christ. 

1 John hi, 1. Behold what man- 
ner of love the Father hath be- 
stowed upon us, that we should 
be called the sons of God! there- 
fore the world knoweth us not, 
because it knew him not. 

2. Beloved, now are we the sons 
of God, and it doth not yet appear 
what we shall be : but we know 
that, when he shall appear, we 
shall be like him ; for we shall 
see him as he is. 

Gal. IV, 5. To redeem them 
that were under the law, that we 
might receive the adoption of 
sons. 

Eph. I, 5. Having predestinated 
us unto the adoption of children 
by Jesus Christ to himself, ac- 
cording to the good pleasure of 
his will. 

6. To the praise of the glory of 
his grace, wherein he hath made 
us accepted in the Beloved. 

Rom. VIII, 15. For ye have not 
received the spirit of bondage 
again to fear ; but ye have re- 
ceived the Spirit of adoption, 
whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 

2 CoR. VI, 16. And what agree- 
ment hath the temple of God with 
idols ? for ye are the temple of 
the living God ; as God hath said, 
I will dwell in them, and walk in 
them ; and I will be their God, 
and they shall be my people. 

17. Wherefore come out from 
among them, and be ye separate, 
saith the Lord, and touch not the 



unclean thing ; and I will receive 
you ; 

18. And will be a Father unto 
you, and ye shall be my sons and 
daughters, saith the Lord Al- 
mighty. 

John i, 12. But as many as re- 
ceived him, to them gave he 
power to become the sons of God, 
even to them that believe on his 
name : 

13. Which were born, not of 
blood, nor of the will of the flesh, 
nor of the will of man, but of 
God. 

Heb. XII, 7. If ye endure chas- 
tening, God dealeth with you as 
with sons: for what son is he 
whom the father chasteneth not ? 

8. But if ye be without chas- 
tisement, whereof all are par- 
takers, then are ye bastards, and 
not sons. 

Hos. I, 10. Yet the number of 
the children of Israel shall be as 
the sand of the sea, which can 
not be measured nor numbered ;* 
and it shall come to pass, that in 
the place where it w^as said unto 
them, Ye are not my people, there 
shall it be said unto them. Ye are 
the sons of the living God. 

(5.) Peace, 

RoM. I, 7. To all that be in 
Rome, beloved of God, called to 
be saints : Grace to you, and 
peace from God our Father, and 
the Lord Jesus Christ. 

1 CoR. I, 3. Grace be unto you, 
and peace, from God our Father, 
and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 

2 CoR. I, 2. Grace be to you, and 
peace, from God our Father, and 
from the Lord Jesus Christ. 

Gal. I, 3. Grace be to you, and 
peace, from God the Father, and 
from our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Phil, i, 2. Grace be unto you, 
and peace, from God our Father, 
and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 

RoM. V, 1. Therefore being jus- 
tified by faith, we have peace 
with God, through our Lord Je- 
sus Christ. 

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who hath made both one, and 
hath broken down the middle 
wall of partition between us ; 

15. Having abolished in his 
flesh the enmity, even the law of 
commandments contained in or- 
dinances; for to make in himself 
of twain one new man, so mak- 
ing peace. 

Eph. VI, 15. And your feet shod 
with the preparation of the Gos- 
pel of peace. 

EoM. X, 15. And how shall they 
preach, except they be sent ? as 
it is written. How beautiful are 
the feet of them that preach the 
Gospel of peace, and bring glad 
tidings of good things I 

Phil, iv, 7. And the peace of 
God, w^hich passeth all under- 
standing, shall keep your hearts 
and minds through Christ Jesus. 

Acts x, 36. The word which 
God sent unto the children of Is- 
rael, preaching peace by Jesus 
Christ: (he is Lord of all.) 

John xvi, 33. These things I 
have spoken unto you, that in me 
ye might have peace. In the 
world ye shall have tribulation: 
but be of good cheer ; I have 
overcome the world. 

John xiv, 27. Peace I leave 
with you, my peace I give unto 
you : not as the world giveth, 
give I unto you. Let not your 
heart be troubled, neither let it 
be afraid. 

Zech. VI, 13. Even he shall 
build the temple of the Lord ; and 
he shall bear the glory, and shall 
sit and rule upon his throne; and 
he shall be a priest upon his 
throne : and the counsel of peace 
shall be between them both. 

Zech. ix, 10. And I will cut off 
the chariot from Ephraim, and 
the horse from Jerusalem, and the 
battle bow shall be cut off: and 
he shall speak peace unto the 
heathen : and his dominion shall 
be from sea even to sea, and from 
the river even to the ends of the 
earth. 

Eph. II, 13. But now, in Christ 
Jesus, ye, who sometime were far 



off, are made nigh by the blood 
of Christ. 

14. For he is our peace, who 
hath made both one, and hath 
broken down the middle wall of 
partition between us ; 

15. Having abolished in his 
flesh the enmity, even the law of 
commandments contained in or- 
dinances : for to make in himself 
of twain one new man, so mak- 
ing peace ; 

16. And that he might reconcile 
both unto God in one body by the 
cross, having slain the enmity 
thereby : 

17. And came and preached 
peace to you which were afar off, 
and to them that were nigh. 

Isaiah ix, 6. For unto us a 
child is born, unto us a son is 
given : and the government shall 
be upon his shoulder : and his 
name shall be called Wonderful, 
Counselor, the mighty God, the 
everlasting Father, the Prince of 
Peace. 

Isaiah liii, 5. But he was 
wounded for our trangressions, he 
w^as bruised for our iniquities; 
the chastisement of our peace was 
upon him ; and with his stripes 
we are healed. 

Isaiah liv, 10. For the mount- 
ains shall depart, and the hills be 
removed ; but my kindness shall 
not depart from thee, neither 
shall the covenant of my peace 
be removed, saith the Lord that 
hath mercy on thee. 

EzKK. xxxiv, 25. And I will 
make with them a covenant of 
peace, and will cause the evil 
beasts to cease out of the land : 
and they shall dwell safely in 
the wilderness, and sleep in the 
woods. 

(6.) Witness of the Spirit. 

Gal. IV, 5. To redeem them that 
were under the law, that we 
might receive the adoption of sons. 

6. And because ye are sons, 
God hath sent forth the Spirit of 
his Son into your hearts, crying, 
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7. Wherefore thou art no more 
a servant, but a son; and if a 
son, then an heir of God through 
Christ. 

EoM. VIII, 14. For as many as 
are led by the Spirit of God, they 
are the sons of God. 

15. For ye have not received 
the spirit of bondage again to 
fear ; but ye have received the 
Spirit of adoption, whereby we 
cry, Abba, Father. 

16. The Spirit itself beareth 
witness with our spirit, that we 
are the children of God. 

1 John v, 9. If we receive the 
witness of men, the witness of 
God is greater : for this is the wit- 
ness of God which he hath testi- 
fied of his Son. 

10. He that believeth on the 
Son of God hath the witness in 
himself: he that believeth not 
God, hath made him a liar; be- 
cause he believeth not the record 
that God gave of his Son. 

1 John ii, 27. But the anointing 
which ye have received of him 
abideth in you, and ye need not 
that any man teach you : but as 
the same anointing teacheth you 
of all things, and is truth, and is 
no lie, and even as it hath taught 
you, ye shall abide in him. 

2 CoR. I, 21. Now he which 
stablisheth us with you in Christ, 
and hath anointed us, is God ; 

22. Who hath also sealed us, 
and given the earnest of the Spirit 
in our hearts. 

Eph. I, 13. In whom ye also 
trusted, after that ye heard the 
word of truth, the Gospel of your 
salvation : in whom also after 
that ye believed, ye were sealed 
with that holy Spirit of promise, 

14. Which is the earnest of our 
inheritance until the redemption 
of the purchased possession, unto 
the praise of his glory. 

Eph. IV, 30. And grieve not the 
Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye 
are sealed unto the day of re- 
demption. 

2 Tim. ii, 19. Nevertheless the 
foundation of God standeth sure, 



having this seal. The Lord know- 
eth them that are his. And, Let 
every one that nameth the name 
of Christ depart from iniquity. 

Luke xii, 11. And when they 
bring you unto the synagogues, 
and unto magistrates, and powers, 
take ye no thought how or what 
thing ye shall answer, or what ye 
shall say : 

12. For the Holy Ghost shall 
teach you in the same hour what 
ye ought to say. 

John xvi, 7. Nevertheless, I tell 
you the truth : It is expedient for 
you that I go away : for if I go 
not away, the Comforter will not 
come unto you ; but if I depart, I 
will send him unto you. 

John xvi, 13. Howbeit, when 
he, the Spirit of truth is come, he 
will guide you into all truth : for 
he shall not speak of himself; 
but whatsoever he shall hear, that 
shall he speak : and he will shew 
you things to come. 

14. He shall glorify me : for he 
shall receive of mine, and shall 
shew it unto you. 

EoM. V, 5. And hope maketh 
not ashamed : because the love of 
God is shed abroad in our hearts, 
by the Holy Ghost which is given 
unto us. 

1 John v, 20. And we know 
that the Son of God is come, and 
hath given us an understanding, 
that we may know him that is 
true ; and we are in him that is 
true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. 
This is the true God, and eternal 
life. 

(7.) Sancti/ication. 

CoL. Ill, 9. Lie not one to an- 
other, seeing that ye have put off 
the old man with his deeds. 

Eph. IV, 22. That ye put off 
concerning the former conversa- 
tion the old man, which is cor- 
rupt according to the deceitful 
lusts : 

23. And be renewed in the 
spirit of your mind ; 

24. And that ye put on the new 
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in righteousness and true holi- 
ness. 

EoM. VI, 4. Therefore we are 
buried with him by baptism into 
death : that like as Christ was 
raised up from the dead by the 
glory of the Father, even so we 
also should walk in newness of 
life. 

John xvii, 17. Sanctify them 
through thy truth : thy word is 
truth. 

Col. I, 12. Giving thanks unto 
the Father, which hath made us 
meet to be partakers of the inher- 
itance of the saints in light. , 

1 Thess. IV, 3. For this is the 
will of God, even your sanctifica- 
tion, that ye should abstain from 
fornication. 

1 Thess. v, 23. And the very 
God of peace sanctify you wholly ; 
and I pray God your whole spirit, 
and soul, and body, be preserved 
blameless unto the coming of our 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

Lev. XX, 8. And ye shall keep 
my statutes, and do them : I am 
the Lord which sanctify you. 

Lev. XI, 44. For I am the Lord 
your God : ye shall therefore 
sanctify yourselves, and ye shall 
be holy ; for I am holy : neither 
shall ye defile yourselves with 
any manner of creeping thing 
that creepeth upon the earth. 

EoM. XV, 16. That I should be 
the minister of Jesus Christ to 
the Gentiles, ministering the Gos- 
pel of God, that the offering up of 
the Gentiles might be acceptable, 
being sanctified by the Holy 
Ghost. 

2 CoR. Ill, 18. But we all, with 
open face beholding as in a glass 
the glory of the Lord, are changed 
into the same image from glory to 
glory, even as by the Spirit of the 
Lord. 

2 Thess. ii, 13. But we are 
bound to give thanks always to 
God for you, brethren beloved of 
the Lord, because God hath from 
the beginning chosen you to sal- 
vation through sanctification of 
the Spirit, and belief of the truth. 



Acts xx, 32. And now, breth- 
ren, I commend you to God, and 
to the word of his grace, which is 
able to build you up, and to give 
you an inheritance among all 
them which are sanctified. 

Jer. IV, 14. Jerusalem, wash 
thy heart from wickedness, that 
thou mayest be saved. How long 
shall thy vain thoughts lodge 
within thee ? 

Heb. X, 22. Let us draw near 
with a true heart, in full assur- 
ance of faith, having our hearts 
sprinkled from an evil conscience, 
and our bodies washed with pure 
water. 

Eev. I, 5. And from Jesus 
Christ, who is the faithful Wit- 
ness, and the first-begotten of the 
dead, and the Prince of the kings 
of the earth. Unto him that 
loved us, and washed us from our 
sins in his own blood, 

6. And hath made us kings and 
priests unto God and his father j 
to him be glory and dominion for- 
ever and ever. Amen. 

Eev. VII, 14. And I said unto 
him, Sir, thou knowest. And he 
said to me. These are they which 
came out of great tribulation, and 
have washed their robes, and 
made them white in the blood of 
the Lamb. 

Isaiah i, 18. Come now, and let 
us reason together, saith the Lord : 
though your sins be as scarlet, 
they shall be as white as snow ; 
though they be red like crimson, 
they shall be as wool. 

Psalm li, 2. Wash me thor- 
oughly from mine iniquity, and 
cleanse me from my sin. 

Psalm li, 7. Purge me with 
hyssop, and I shall be clean : 
wash me, and I shall be whiter 
than snow. 

Psalm li, 10. Create in me a 
clean heart, God ; and renew a 
right spirit within me. 

Jer. xxxiii, 8. And I will cleanse 
them from all their iniquity, 
whereby they have sinned against 
me : and I will pardon all their 
iniquities, whereby they have 



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sinned, and whereby they have 
transgressed against me. 

EzEK. xxxYi, 25. Then will I 
sprinkle clean water upon you, 
and ye shall be clean: from all 
your filthiness, and from all your 
idols, will I cleanse you. 

2 Cor. vii, 1. Having therefore 
these promises, dearly beloved, 
let us cleanse ourselves from all 
filthiness of the flesh and spirit, 
perfecting holiness in the fear of 
God. 

1 Pet. I, 22. Seeing ye have pu- 
rified your souls in obeying the 
truth through the Spirit unto un- 
feigned love of the brethren, see 
that ye love one another with a 
pure heart fervently. 

1 John hi, 3. And every man 
that hath this hope in him puri- 
fieth himself, even as he is pure. 

James iv, 8. Draw nigh to God, 
and he will draw nigh to you. 
Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, 
and purify your hearts, ye double- 
minded. 

Titus it, 14. Who gave himself 
for us, that he might redeem us 
from all iniquity, and purify unto 
himself a peculiar people, zealous 
of good works. 

Heb. I, 3. Who being the bright- 
ness of his glory, and the express 
image of his person, and uphold- 
ing all things by the word of his 
power, when he had by himself 
purged our sins, sat down on the 
right hand of the Majesty on high. 

Mal. Ill, 2. But who may abide 
the day of his coming? and who 
shall stand when he appeareth? 
for he is like a refiner's fire, and 
like fuller's soap : 

3. And he shall sit as a refiner 
and purifier of silver: and he 
shall purify the sons of Levi, 
and purge them as gold and sil- 
ver, that they may ofter unto the 
Lord an offering in righteousness. 

Isaiah i, 25. And I will turn 
my hand upon thee, and purely 
purge away thy dross, and take 
away all thy tin. 



Psalm lxv, 3. Iniquities prevail 
against me: as for our transgres- 
sions, thou shalt purge them away. 

Zech. XIII, 9. And I will bring 
the third part through the fire, 
and will refine them as silver is 
refined, and will try them as gold 
is tried: they shall call on my 
name, and I will hear them: I 
will say. It is my people; and 
they shall say. The Lord is my 
God. 

Isaiah vi, 7. And he laid it 
upon my mouth, and said, Lo, 
this hath touched thy lips; and 
thine iniquity is taken away, and 
thy sin purged. 

1 CoK. I, 2. Unto the church of 
God which is at Corinth, to them 
that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, 
called to be saints, with all that in 
every place call upon the name of 
Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs 
and ours. 

1 Cor. VI, 11. And such were 
some of you : but ye are washed, 
but ye are sanctified, but ye are 
justified in the name of the Lord 
Jesus, and by the spirit of our 
God. 

Titus hi, 5. Not by works of 
righteousness which we have 
done, but according to his mercy 
he saved us, by the washing of 
regeneration, and renewing of 
the Holy Ghost. 

Heb. II, 11. For both he that 
sanctifieth, and they who are 
sanctified, are all of one: for 
which cause he is not ashamed 
to call them brethren. 

Heb. X, 10. By the w^hich will 
we are sanctified through the 
offering of the body of Jesus 
Christ once for all. 

Heb. XIII, 12. Wherefore Jesus 
also, that he might sanctify the 
people with his own blood, suf- 
fered without the gate. 

Rom. VI, 22. But now being 
made free from sin, and become 
servants to God, ye have your 
fruit unto holiness, and the end 
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BENEFITS OF THE DEATH OF CHRIST. 



CONDITIONS OF SALVATION. 



I. Repentance — Faith the In- 
strumental Cause of Man's 
Salvation. 

Gal. II, 16. Knowing that a 
man is not justified bv the works 
of the law, but bv the faith of 
Jesus Christ, even we have be- 
lieved in Jesus Christ, that we 
might be justified by the faith of 
Christ, aud not by the works of 
the law, for by the works of the 
law shall no flesh be justified. 

Heb. XI, 16. But now they de- 
sire a better country, that is, a 
heavenly: wherefore God is not 
ashamed to be called their God: 
for he hath prepared for them a 
city. 

Rom. IV, 5. But to him that 
worketh not, but believeth on 
him that justifieth the ungodly, 
his faith is counted for righteous- 
ness. 

Rom. X, 4. For Christ is the end 
of the law for righteousness to 
every one that believeth. 

Acts x, 43. To him give all the 
prophets witness, that through 
his name whosoever believeth in 
him shall receive remission of 
sins. 

Acts xvi, 31. And they said. 
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, 
and thou shalt be saved, and thy 
house. 

JoHX VI, 28. Then said they 
unto him. What shall we do, that 
we might work the works of God? 

29. Jesus answered and said 
unto them, This is the work of 
God, that ye believe on him whom 
he hath sent. 

30. They said therefore unto 
him, What sign showest thou 



then, that we may see, and be- 
lieve thee? what dost thou work? 

31. Our fathers did eat manna 
in the desert; as it is written. He 
gave them bread from heaven to 
eat. 

32. Then Jesus said unto them, 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
Moses gave you not that bread 
from heaven ; but my Father 
giveth you the true bread from 
heaven. 

33. For the bread of God is he 
which cometh down from heaven, 
and giveth life unto the world. 

34. Then said they unto him. 
Lord, evermore give us this bread. 

35. Aud Jesus said unto them, 
I am the bread of life: he that 
cometh to me shall never hun- 
ger; and he that believeth on me 
shall never thirst. 

36. But I said unto you, that 
ye also have seen me, and believe 
not. 

37. All that the Father giveth 
me shall come to me; and him 
that cometh to me I will in no 
wise cast out. 

38. For I came down from 
heaven, not to do mine own will, 
but the will of him that sent me. 

39. And this is the Father's will 
which hath sent me, that of all 
which he hath given me I should 
lose nothing, but should raise it 
up again at the last day. 

40. And this is the will of him 
that sent me, that every one 
which seeth the Son, and believ- 
eth on him, may have everlasting 
life: and I will raise him up at 
the last day. 

John hi, 16. For God so loved 
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begotten Son, that whosoever be- 
lieveth in him should not perish, 
but have everlasting life. 

John hi, 36. He that believeth 
on the Son hath everlasting life: 
and he that believeth not the Son 
shall not see life; but the wrath 
of God abideth on him. 

John i, 12. But as many as 
received him, to them gave he 
power to become the sons of God, 
even to them that believe on his 
name. 

Mark i, 15. And saying, The 
time is fulfilled, and the kingdom 
of God is at hand: repent ye, and 
believe the Gospel. 

16. Now as he walked by the 
sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and 
Andrew his brother casting a 
net into the sea: for they were 
fishers. 

EoM. X, 9. That if thou shalt 
confess with thy mouth the Lord 
Jesus, and shalt believe in thy 
heart that God hath raised him 
from the dead, thou shalt be 
saved. 

10. For with the heart man be- 
lieveth unto righteousness; and 
with the mouth confession is 
made unto salvation. 

11. For the Scripture saith, "Who- 
soever believeth on him shall not 
be ashamed. 

1 John v, 12. He that hath the 
Son, hath life; and he that hath 
not the Son of God, hath not life. 

2 CoR. V, 7. For we walk by 
faith, not by sight. 

Gal. II, 20. I am crucified with 
Christ: nevertheless I live; yet 
not I, but Christ liveth in me: 
and the life which I now live in 
the flesh I live by the faith of the 
Son of God, who loved me, and 
gave himself for me. 

Heb. XI, 7. By faith Noah, be- 
•ing warned of God of things not 
seen as yet, moved with fear, 
prepared an ark to the saving of 
his house; by the which he con- 
demned the world, and became 
lieir of the righteousness which 
is by faith. 

8. By faith Abraham, when he 



was called to go out into a place 
which he should after receive for 
an inheritance, obeyed; and he 
went out not knowing whither 
he went. 

9. By faith he sojourned in the 
land of promise, and in a strange 
country, dwelling in tabernacles 
with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs 
with him of the same promise: 

10. For he looked for a city 
which hath foundations, whose 
builder and maker is God. 

Heb. XI, 32. And what shall I 
say more? for the time would fail 
me to tell of Gideon, and of Barak, 
and of Samson, and of Jephthah, 
of David also, and Samuel, and 
of the prophets: 

33. Who through faith subdued 
kingdoms, wrought righteous- 
ness, obtained promises, stopped 
the mouths of lions, 

33. Quenched the violence of 
fire, escaped the edge of the 
sword, out of weakness were 
made strong, waxed valiant in 
fight, turned to flight the armies 
of the aliens. 

1 Peter i, 8. Whom having not 
seen, ye love; in whom, though 
now ye see him not, yet believ- 
ing, ye rejoice with joy unspeak- 
able and full of glory : 

9. Eeceiving the end of your 
faith, even the salvation of your 
souls. 

1 John v, 4. For whatsoever 
is born of God overcometh the 
world: and this is the victory 
that overcometh the world, even 
our faith. 

5. Who is he that overcometh 
the world, but he that believeth 
that Jesus is the Son of God ? 

Col. I, 23. If ye continue in the 
faith grounded and settled, and be 
not moved away from the hope of 
the Gospel, which ye have heard, 
and which was preached to every 
creature which is under heaven; 
whereof I Paul am made a min- 
ister. 

CoL. II, 6. As ye have therefore 
received Christ Jesus the Lord, 
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7. Eooted and built np in liim, 
and stablished in the faith, as 
ye have been taught, abounding 
therein with thanksgiving. 

Heb. X, 23. Then called he 
them in, and lodged them. And 
on the morrow Peter went away 
with them, and certain breth- 
ren from Joppa accompanied 
him, 

1 Pet. V, 8. Be sober, be vigi- 
lant, because your adversary the' 
devil, as a roaring lion, walketh 
about, seeking whom he may de- 
vour : 

9. Whom resist steadfast in the 
faith, knowing that the same af- 
flictions are accomplished in your 
brethren that are in the world. 

EoM. V, 1. Therefore being jus- 
tified by faith, we have peace 
with God, through our Lord Je- 
sus Christ : 

2. By whom also we have ac- 
cess by faith into this grace 
wherein we stand, and rejoice in 
hope of the glory of God. 

Eph. II, 8. For by grace are ye 
saved, through faith ; and that 
not of yourselves : it is the gift 
of God. 

Gal. V, 6. For in Jesus Christ 
neither circumcision availeth any 
thing, nor uncircumcision ; but 
faith which worketh by love. 

Acts xv, 9. And put no differ- 



ence between us and them, 



puri- 



fying their hearts by faith. 

Titus i, 1. Paul, a servant of 
God, and an apostle of Jesus 
Christ, according to the faith of 
God's elect, and the acknowledg- 
ing of the truth which is after 
godliness. 

EoM. I, 17. For therein is the 
righteousness of God revealed from 
faith to faith : as it is written. The 
just shall live by faith. 

EoM. IX, 30. What shall we say 
then? That the Gentiles which 
followed not after righteousness, 
have attained to righteousness, 
even the righteousness which is 
of faith : 

31. But Israel, which followed 
after the law of righteousness, 



hath not attained to the law of 
righteousness. 

32. Wherefore ? Because they 
sought it not by faith, but as it 
were by the works of the law. 
For they stumbled at that stum- 
bling stone. 

EoM. I, 5. By whom we have 
received grace and apostleship, 
for obedience to the faith among 
all nations, for his name. 

1 Tim. I, 19. Holding faith and 
a good conscience ; which some 
having put away, concerning faith 
have made shipwreck. 

1 Tim. Ill, 9. Holding the mys- 
tery of the faith in a pure con- 
science. 

1 Tim. IV, 1. Now the Spirit 
speaketh expressly, that in the 
latter times some shall depart 
from the faith, giving heed to se- 
ducing spirits, and doctrines of 
devils. 

1 Tim. V, 12. Having damnation, 
because they have cast off their 
first faith. 

Heb. XI, 6. But without faith it 
is impossible to please him : for 
he that cometh to God must be- 
lieve that he is, and that he is a 
rewarder of them that diligently 
seek him. 

Eev. XIV, 12. Here is the pa- 
tience of the saints : here are they 
that keep the commandments of 
God, and the faith of Jesus. 

Gal. Ill, 22. But the Scripture 
hath concluded all under sin, 
that the promise by faith of Jesus 
Christ might be given to them 
that believe. 

23. But before faith came, we 
were kept under the law, shut up 
unto the faith which should after- 
ward be revealed. 

24. Wherefore the law was our 
school-master to bring us unto 
Christ, that we might be justified 
by faith. 

25. But after that faith is come, 
we are no longer under a school- 
master. 

26. For ye are all the chil- 
dren of God by faith in Christ 
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2. The Holy Spirit the Effi- 
cient Cause of Man's Sal- 
vation. 

John hi, 5. Jesus answered, 
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, 
Except a man be born of water 
and of the Spirit, he can not en- 
ter into the kingdom of God. 

6. That which is born of the 
flesh is flesh ; and that which is 
born of the Spirit is spirit. 

Psalm li, 10. Create in me a 
clean heart, God ; and renew a 
right spirit within me. 

Jer. XXIV, 7. And I will give 
them an heart to know me, that I 
am the Lord : and they shall be 
my people, and I will be their 
God : for they shall return unto 
me with their whole heart. 

Psalm cxix, 32. And I will run 
the way of thy commandments, 
when thou shalt enlarge my 
heart. 

Jer. xxxi, 33. But this shall be 
the covenant that I will make 
with the house of Israel ; After 
those days, saith the Lord, I will 
put my law in their inward parts, 
and write it in their hearts ; and 
will be their God, and they shall 
be my people. 

EzEK. XI, 19. And I will give 
them one heart, and I will put a 
new spirit within you ; and I will 
take the stony heart out of their 
flesh, and will give them an heart 
of flesh : 

20. That they may walk in my 
statutes, and keep mine ordi- 
nances, and do them: and they 
shall be my people, and I will be 
their God. 

EzEK. XXXVI, 25. Then will I 
sprinkle clean water upon you, 
and ye shall be clean : from all 
your filthiness, and from all your 
idols, will I cleanse you. 

26. A new heart also will I give 
you, and a new spirit will I put 
within you : and I will take away 
the stony heart out of your flesh, 
and I will give you an heart of 
flesh. 

27. And I will put my Spirit 



within you, and cause you to 
walk in my statutes, and ye shall 
keep my judgments, and do them. 

Deut. XXX, 6. And the Lord 
thy God will circumcise thine 
heart, and the heart of thy seed, 
to love the Lord thy God with all 
thine heart, and with all thy soul, 
that thou mayest live. 

John i, 12. But as many as re- 
ceived him, to them gave he 
power to become the sons of God, 
even to them that believe on his 
name : 

13. Which were born, not of 
blood, nor of the will of the flesh, 
nor of the will of man, but of 
God. 

Psalm xxxii, 1. Blessed is he 
whose transgression is forgiven, 
whose sin is covered. 

2. Blessed is the man unto 
whom the Lord imputeth not in- 
iquity, and in whose spirit there 
is no guile. 

Psalm lxv, 3. Iniquities pre- 
vail against me : as for our trans- 
gressions, thou shalt purge them 
away. 

Jer. XXXIII, 8. And I will 
cleanse them from their iniquity, 
whereby they have sinned against 
me ; and I will pardon all their 
iniquities, whereby they have 
sinned, and whereby they have 
transgressed against me. 

Psalm li, 7. Purge me with 
hyssop, and I shall be clean; 
wash me, and I shall be whiter 
than snow. 

EoM. VIII, 14. For as many as 
are led by the Spirit of God, they 
are the sons of God. 

15. For ye have not received the 
spirit of bondage again to fear ; 
but ye have received the Spirit of 
adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, 
Father. 

EoM. VIII, 9. But ye are not in 
the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so 
be that the Spirit of God dwell in 
you. 'Now, if any man have not 
the Spirit of Christ, he is none of 
his. 

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epistle of Christ ministered by us, 
written not with ink, but with 
the Spirit of the living God ; not 
in tables of stone, but in fleshly 
tables of the heart. 

Joel ii, 28. And it shall come 
to pass afterward, that I will pour 
out my Spirit upon all flesh ; and 
your sons and your daughters 
shall prophesy, your old men 
shall dream dreams, your young 
men shall see visions : 

29. And also upon the servants 
and upon the handmaids in those 
days will I pour out my Spirit. 

Zech. IV, 6. Then he answered 
and spake unto me, saying, This 
is the word of the Lord unto 
Zerubbabel, saying, Kot by might, 
nor by power, but by my Spirit, 
eaith the Lord of hosts. 

Gal. IV, 29. But as then he that 
was born after the flesh persecuted 
him that was born after the Spirit, 
even so it is now. 

EoM. XV, 16. That I should be 
the minister of Jesus Christ to 
the Gentiles, ministering the Gos- 
pel of God, that the ofi'ering up of 
the Gentiles might be acceptable, 
being sanctified by the Holy Ghost. 

EoM. V, 5. And hope maketh 
not ashamed : because the love of 
God is shed abroad in our hearts, 
by the Holy Ghost which is given 
unto us. 



2 Thess. II, 13. But we are 

bound to give thanks always to 
God for you, brethren beloved of 
the Lord, because God hath from 
the beginning chosen you to sal- 
vation through sanctiiication of 
the Spirit, and belief of the 
truth. 

Titus hi, 5. Kot by works of 
righteousness which we have 
done, but according to his mercy 
he saved us, by the washing of 
regeneration, and renewing of the 
Holy Ghost. 

Eph. IV, 30. And grieve not the 
Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye 
are sealed unto the day of re- 
demption. 

1 CoR. II, 10. But God hath re- 
vealed them unto us by his Spirit : 
for the Spirit searcheth all things, 
yea, the deep things of God. 

John xiv, 26. But the Com- 
forter, which is the Holy Ghost, 
whom the Father will send in my 
name, he shall teach you all 
things, and bring all things to 
your remembrance, whatsoever I 
have said unto you. 

John xvi, 13. Howbeit, when 
he, the Spirit of truth is come, he 
will guide you into all truth : for 
he shall not speak of himself; 
but whatsoever he shall hear, that 
shall he speak : and he will shew 
you things to come. 



CHAPTER III. 



FURTHER BENEFITS OF THE DEATH OF CHRIST. 



I. The Right to Pray. 

1 Tim. II, 8. I will therefore 
that men pray every-where, lift- 
ing up holy hands, without wrath 
and doubting. 

Psalm xxxiv, 15. The eyes of 
the Lord are upon the righteous ; 
and his ears are open unto their 
cry. 



1 Pet. Ill, 12. For the eyes of the 
Lord are over the righteous, and 
his ears are open unto their 
prayers : but the face of the Lord 
is against them that do evil. 

Psalm XXXIV, 17. The righteous 
cry, and the Lord heareth, and 
delivereth them out of all their 
troubles. 

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with all prayer and supplication 
in the Spirit, and watching there- 
unto with all perseverance and 
supplication for all saints. 

JuDK I, 20. But ye, beloved, 
building up yourselves on your 
most holy faith, praying in the 
Holy Ghost. 

Heb. X, 22. Let us draw near 
with a true heart, in full assur- 
ance of faith, having our hearts 
sprinkled from an evil conscience, 
and our bodies washed with pure 
water. 

Heb. XI, 6. But without faith it 
is impossible to please him : for 
he that cometh to God, must be- 
lieve that he is, and that he is a 
rewarder of them that diligently 
seek him. 

James i, 6. But let him ask in 
faith, nothing wavering. For he 
that wavereth is like a wave of 
the sea driven with the wind and 
tossed. 

Psalm lxii, 8. Trust in him at 
all times ; ye people, pour out 
your hearts before him : God is a 
refuge for us. 

Psalm cxlv, 18. The Lord is 
nigh unto all them that call upon 
him, to all that call upon him in 
truth. 

Jer. XXIX, 13. And ye shall 
seek me, and find me, when ye 
shall search for me with all your 
heart. 

Lam. Ill, 41. Let us lift up our 
heart with our hands unto God in 
the heavens. 

John ix, 31. "Now we know that 
God heareth not sinners : but if 
any man be a worshiper of God, 
and doeth his will, him he hear- 
eth. 

2 CoR. VII, 14. For if I have 
boasted any thing to him of you, 
I am not ashamed ; but as we 
spake all things to you in truth, 
even so our boasting, which I 
made before Titus, is found a 
truth. 

Matt, vi, 9. After this manner 
therefore pray ye : Our Father 
which art in heaven, Hallowed be 
thy name. 



10. Thy kingdom come. Thy 
will be done in earth as it is in 
heaven. 

11. Give us this day our daily 
bread. 

12. And forgive us our debts, as 
we forgive our debtors. 

13. And lead us not into temp- 
tation, but deliver us from evil. 
For thine is the kingdom, and the 
power, and the glory, forever. 
Amen. 

1 Kings xviii, 28. And they 
cried aloud, and cut themselves 
after their manner with knives 
and lancets, till the blood gushed 
out upon them. 

29. And it came to pass, when 
midday was past, and they proph- 
esied until the time of the offer- 
ing of the evening sacrifice, that 
there was neither voice, nor any 
to answer, nor any that regarded. 

30. And Elijah said unto all the 
people. Come near unto me. And 
all the people came near unto 
him. And he repaired the altar 
of the Lord that was broken 
down. 

Psalm lxxxvii, 2. The Lord 
loveth the gates of Zion more than 
all the dwellings of Jacob. 

Psalm cxvi, 18. I will pay my 
vows unto the Lord now in the 
presence of all his people, 

19. In the courts of the Lord's 
house, in the midst of thee, 
Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord, 

Isaiah lvi, 7. Even them will I 
bring to my holy mountain, and 
make them joyful in my house of 
prayer: their burnt-ofl'erings and 
their .sacrifices shall be accepted 
upon mine altar; for mine house 
shall be called a house of prayer 
for all people. 

HosEA XIV, 2. Take with you 
words, and turn to the Lord : say 
unto him. Take away all iniquity, 
and receive us graciously: so will 
we render the calves of our lips. 

Matt, xxvi, 41. Watch and 
pray, that ye enter not into 
temptation : the spirit indeed is 
willing, but the flesh is weak. 

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parable unto them to this end, 
that men ought always to pray, 
and not to faint. 

Acts ii, 42. And they contin- 
ued steadfastly in the apostles' 
doctrine and fellowship, and in 
breaking of bread, and in prayers. 

Acts x, 2. A devout man, and 
one that feared God with all his 
house, which gave much alms to 
the people, and prayed to God 
always. 

Heb. V, 7. "Who in the days of 
his flesh, when he had offered up 
prayers and supplications with 
strong crying and tears unto him 
that was able to save him from 
death, and was heard in that he 
feared. 

2. The Power of Prayer. 

Matt, xviii, 19. Again I say 
unto you, that if two of you shall 
agree on earth as touching any 
thing that they shall ask, it shall 
be done for them of my Father 
which is in heaven. 

20. For where two or three are 
gathered together in my name, 
there am I in the midst of them. 

Matt, xxi, 22. And all things, 
whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer 
believing, ye shall receive. 

James v, 15. And the prayer of 
faith shall save the sick, and the 
Lord shall raise him up; and if 
he have committed sins, they 
shall be forgiven him. 

16. Confess your faults one to 
another, and pray one for an- 
other, that ye may be healed. 
The effectual fervent prayer of a 
righteous man availeth much. 

John xv, 7. If ye abide in 
me, and my words abide in you, 
ye shall ask what ye will, and it 
shall be done unto you. 

John xvi, 23. And in that day 
ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, 
verily, I say unto you, whatso- 
ever ye shall ask the Father in 
my name, he will give it you. 

24. Hitherto have ye asked 
notliing in my name: ask, and 
ye shall receive, that your joy 
may be full. 



John xiv, 13. And whatsoever 
ye shall ask in my name, that 
will I do, that the Father may be 
glorified in the Son. 

John hi, 5. Jesus answered, 
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, 
Except a man be born of water, 
and of the Spirit, he can not 
enter into the kingdom of God. 

6. That which is born of the 
flesh, is flesh; and that which is 
born of the Spirit, is spirit. 

7. Marvel not that I said unto 
thee. Ye must be born again. 

8. The wind bloweth where it 
listeth, and thou hearest the 
sound thereof, but canst not tell 
whence it cometh, and whithef it 
goeth : so is every one that is born 
of the Spirit. 

9. Nicodemus answered and 
said unto him, How can these 
things be? 

10. Jesus answered and said 
unto him. Art thou a master of 
Israel, and knowest not these 
things? 

Psalm cxlv, 19. He will fulfill 
the desire of them that fear him : 
he also will hear their cry, and 
will save them. 

Isaiah xxxviii, 5. Go, and say 
to Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord, 
the God of David thy father, I 
have heard thy prayer, I have 
seen thy tears : behold, I will add 
unto thy days fifteen years. 

2 Kings xx, 5. Turn again, and 
tell Hezekiah the captain of my 
people. Thus saith the Lord, the 
God of David thy father, I have 
heard thy prayer, I have seen thy 
tears: behold, I will heal thee: 
on the third day thou shalt go up 
unto the house of the Lord. 

6. And I will add unto thy days 
fifteen years; and I will deliver 
thee and this city out of the hand 
of the king of Assyria ; and I will 
defend this city for mine own sake, 
and for my servant David's sake. 

2 Chron. VII, 15. Now mine eyes 
shall be open, and mine ears at- 
tend unto the prayer that is made 
in this place. 

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sanctified this house, that my 
name maybe there forever: and 
mine eyes and my heart shall be 
there perpetually. 

1 John v, 14. And this is the 
confidence that we have in him, 
that. If we ask any thing accord- 
ing to his will, he heareth us: 

15. And if we know that he 
hear us, whatsoever we ask, we 
know that we have the petitions 
that we desired of him. 

Acts xxviii, 8. And it came to 
pass, that the father of Publius 
lay sick of a fever, and of a 
bloody flux: to whom Paul en- 
tered in and prayed, and laid his 
hands on him, and healed him. 

James v, 13. Is any among you 
afflicted? let him pray. Is any 
merry? let him sing psalms. 

14. Is any sick among you? let 
him call for the elders of the 
church; and let them pray over 
him, anointing him with oil in 
the name of the Lord : 

15. And the prayer of faith 
shall save the sick, and the Lord 
shall raise him up; and if he 
have committed sins, they shall 
be forgiven him. 

Gen. XX, 17. So Abraham prayed 
unto God: and God healed Abim- 
elech and his wife, and his maid- 
servants; and they bare children. 

Ex. VIII, 30. And Moses went 
out from Pharaoh, and entreated 
the Lord. 

31. And the Lord did according 
to the word of Moses ; and he re- 
moved the swarms of flies from 
Pharaoh, from his servants, and 
from his people; there remained 
not one. 

Job xlii, 10. And the Lord 
turned the captivity of Job, 
when he prayed for his friends: 
also the Lord gave Job twice as 
much as he had before. 

Matt, vii, 7. Ask, and it shall 
be given you; seek, and ye shall 
find; knock, and it shall be 
opened unto you. 

Phil, iv, 6. Be careful for noth- 
ing; but in every thing by prayer 
and supplication with thanksgiv- 



ing let your requests be made 
known unto God. 

James iv, 8. Draw nigh to God, 
and he will draw nigh to you. 
Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; 
and purify your hearts, ye double- 
minded. 

Isaiah lxv, 24. And it shall 
come to pass, that before they 
call, I will answer; and while 
they are yet speaking, I will 
hear. 

Joel ii, 32. And it shall come 
to pass, that whosoever shall call 
on the name of the Lord shall be 
delivered: for in mount Zion and 
in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, 
as the Lord hath said, and in the 
remnant whom the Lord shall 
call. 

RoM. X, 12. For there is no dif- 
ference between the Jew and the 
Greek: for the same Lord over 
all is rich unto all that call upon 
him. 

13. For whosoever shall call 
upon the name of the Lord shall 
be saved. 

1 Kings ix, 3. And the Lord 
said unto him, I have heard thy 
prayer and thy supplication, that 
thou hast made before me : I have 
hallowed this house, which thou 
hast built, to put my name there 
forever; and mine eyes and my 
heart shall be there perpetually. 

2 Kings xix, 20. Then Isaiah 
the son of Amoz sent to Heze- 
kiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord 
God of Israel, That which thou 
hast prayed to me against Sen- 
nacherib king of Assyria I have 
heard. 

Ex. xxxii, 11. And Moses be- 
sought the Lord his God, and said, 
Lord, why doth thy wrath wax 
hot against thy people, which 
thou hast brought forth out of 
the land of Egypt with great 
power, and with a mighty hand? 

12. Wherefore should the Egyp- 
tians speak, and say, For mischief 
did he bring them out, to slay them 
in the mountains, and to consume 
them from the face of the earth? 
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repent of this evil against thy 
people. 

13. Remember Abraham, Isaac, 
and Israel, thy servants, to whom 
thou swarest by thine own self, 
and saidst unto them, I will mul- 
tiply your seed as the stars of 
heaven, and all this land that I 
have spoken of will I give unto 
your seed, and they shall inherit 
it forever. 

14. And the Lord repented of 
the evil which he thought to do 
unto his people. 

James v, 17. Elias was a man 
subject to like passions as we are, 
and he prayed earnestly that it 
might not rain : and it rained not 
on the earth by the space of three 
years and six months. 

18. And he prayed again, and 
the heavens gave rain, and the 
earth brought forth her fruit. 

Joshua xxiv, 7. And when they 
cried unto the Lord, he put dark- 
ness between you and the Egyp- 
tians, and brought the sea upon 
them, and covered them ; and 
your eyes have seen what I have 
done in Egypt : and ye dwelt in 
the wilderness a long season. 

8. And I brought you in the 
land of the Amorites, which dwelt 
on the other side Jordan ; and 
they fought with you : and I 
gave them into your hand, that 
ye might possess their land ; 
and I destroy them from before 
you. 

Num. XIV, 19. Pardon, I beseech 
thee, the iniquity of this people 
according unto the greatness of 
thy mercy, and as thou hast for- 
given this people, from Egypt 
even until now. 

20. And the Lord said, I have 
pardoned according to thy word. 

3. Divine Providence — Gen- 
eral AND Special. 

Psalm cxlvii, 8. Who covereth 
the heaven with clouds, who pre- 
pareth rain for the earth, who 
maketh grass to grow upon the 
mountains. 

9. He giveth to the beast his 



food, and to the young ravens 
which cry. 

Psalm cxlvii, 16. He giveth 
snow like wool : he scattereth the 
hoar-frost like ashes. 

17. He casteth forth his ice like 
morsels : who can stand before 
his cold ? 

18. He sendeth out his word, 
and melteth them : he causeth 
his wind to blow, and the waters 
flow. 

Psalm civ, 27. These wait all 
upon thee ; that thou mayest give 
them their meat in due season. 

28. That thou givest them, they 
gather : thou openest thy hand, 
they are filled with good. 

Matt, v, 45. That ye may be 
the children of your Father which 
is in heaven : for he maketh his 
sun to rise on the evil and on the 
good, and sendeth rain on the just 
and on the unjust. 

Matt, vi, 26. Behold the fowls 
of the air : for they sow not, nei- 
ther do they reap, nor gather into 
barns ; yet your heavenly Father 
feedeth them. Are ye not much 
better than they ? 

Matt, vi, 28. And why take ye 
thought for raiment? Consider 
the lilies of the field, how they 
grow; they toil not, neither do 
they spin: 

29. And yet I say unto you, 
that even Solomon in all his glory 
was not arrayed like one of these, 

30. Wherefore, if God so clothe 
the grass of the field, which to- 
day is, and to-morrow is cast into 
the oven, shall he not much more 
clothe you, ye of little faith? 

Acts xvii, 26. And hath made 
of one blood all the nations of 
men for to dwell on all the face 
of the earth, and hath determined 
the times before appointed, and 
the bounds of their habitation j 

27. That they should seek the 
Lord, if haply they might feel 
after him, and find him, though 
he be not far from every one of 
us ; 

28. For in him we live, and 
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certain also of your own poets 
have said, For we are also his off- 
spring. 

Jer. X, 23. Lord, I know that 
the way of man is not in himself: 
it is not in man that walketh to 
direct his steps. 

Job XII, 10. In whose hand is 
the soul of every living thing, 
and the breath of all mankind. 

Jer. XVIII, 6. house of Israel, 
can not I do with you as this pot- 
ter? saith the Lord. Behold, as 
the clay is in the potter's hand, 
so are ye in mine hand, house 
of Israel. 

John xv, 5. I am the vine, ye 
are the branches ; he that abideth 
in me, and I in him, the same 
bringeth forth much fruit : for 
without me ye can do nothing. 

Psalm hi, 6. I will not be afraid 
of ten thousands of people, that 
have set themselves against me 
round about. 

Psalm lxiii, 8. My soul follow- 
eth hard after thee : thy right 
hand upholdeth me. 

Heb. i, 3. Who being the bright- 
ness of his glory, and the express 
image of his person, and uphold- 
ing all things by the word of his 
power, when he had by himself 
purged our sins, sat down on the 
right hand of the Majesty on 
high. 

4. Victory over Death. 

Psalm xxxvii, 7. Rest in the 
Lord, and wait patiently for him : 
fret not thyself because of him 
who prospereth in his way, be- 
cause of the man who bringeth 
wicked devices to pass. 

Psalm xxxi, 5. Into thy hand I 
commit my spirit : thou hast re- 
deemed me, Lord God of truth. 

Acts vii, 59. And they stoned 
Stephen, calling upon God, and 
saying, Lord Jesus, receive my 
spirit. 

60. And he kneeled down, and 
cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay 
not this sin to their charge. And 
when he had said this, he fell 
asleep. 



Psalm cxvi, 15. Precious in the 
sight of the Lord is the death of 
his saints. 

Prov. XIV, 32. The wicked ia 
driven away in his wickedness: 
but the righteous hath hope in 
his death. 

Isaiah lvii, 1. The righteous 
perisheth, and no man layeth it 
to heart : and merciful men are 
taken away, none considering 
that the righteous is taken away 
from the evil to come. 
. 2. He shall enter into peace : 
they shall rest in their beds, each 
one walking in his uprightness. 

Job III, 17. There the wicked 
cease from troubling; and there 
the weary be at rest. 

18. There the prisoners rest to- 
gether; they hear not the voice 
of the oppressor. 

Psalm lxxiii, 24. Thou shalt 
guide me with thy counsel, and 
afterward receive me to glory. 

Psalm xvi, 11. Thou wilt show 
me the path of life : in thy pres- 
ence is fullness of joy ; at thy 
right hand there are pleasures for 
evermore. 

Luke xvi, 22. And it came to 
pass, that the beggar died, and 
was carried by the angels into 
Abraham's bosom. The rich man 
also died, and was buried. 

EccL. VII, 1. A good name is 
better than precious ointment; 
and the day of death than the day 
of one's birth. 

1 CoR. XV, 25. For he must 
reign, till he hath put all enemies 
under his feet. 

26. The last enemy that shall 
be destroyed is death. 

1 Cor. 
ruptible shall have put on incor- 
ruption, and this mortal shall 
have put on immortality, then 
shall be brought to pass the say- 
ing that is written, Death is swal- 
lowed up in victory. 

55. death, where is thy sting ? 
grave, where is thy victory ? 

56. The sting of death is sin ; 
and the strength of sin is the law. 

57. But thanks be to God, which 



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giveth us the victory, through our 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

5. The Immediate Reception of 
THE Souls of the Pious into a 
State of Blessedness. 

Luke xvi, 22. And it came to 
pass, that the beggar died, and 
was carried by the angels into 
Abraham's bosom. The rich man 
also died, and was buried. 

Luke xvi, 25. But Abraham 
said, Son, remember that thou in 
thy life-time receivedst thy good 
things, and likewise Lazarus evil 
things : but now he is comforted, 
and thou art tormented. 

Luke xxiii, 43. And Jesus said 
unto him, Verily, I say unto thee, 
To-day shalt thou be with me in 
paradise. 

1 CoR. Ill, 22. Whether Paul, or 
Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, 
or life, or death, or things present, 
or things to come ; all are yours ; 

23. And ye are Christ's : and 
Christ is God's. 

2 Cor. v, 6. Therefore we are 
always confident, knowing that, 
while we are at home in the body, 
we are absent from the Lord. 

2 CoR. V, 8. We are confident, I 
say, and willing rather to be ab- 
sent from the body, and to be 
present with the Lord. 

Phil, i, 21. For to me to live is 
Christ, and to die is gain. 

Phil, i, 23. For I am in a strait 
betwixt two, having a desire to 
depart, and to be with Christ ; 
which is far better. 

Rev. XIV, 13. And I heard a 
voice from heaven, saying unto 
me, Write, Blessed are the dead 
which die in the Lord from hence- 
forth : Yea, saith the Spirit, that 
they may rest from their labors ; 
and their works do follow them. 

1 Thess. V, 10. Who died for us, 
that, whether we wake or sleep, 
we should live together with him. 

6. The Resurrection of the 
Body. 

Acts iv, 2. Being grieved that 
they taught the people, and 



' preached through Jesus the res- 
urrection from the dead. 

Acts xxiii, 6. But when Paul 
perceived that the one part were 
Sadducees, and the other Phari- 
sees, he cried out in the council, 
Men and brethren, I am a Phari- 
see, the son of a Pharisee : of the 
hope and resurrection of the dead 
I am called in question. 

Acts xxiv, 15. And have hope 
toward God, which they them- 
selves also allow, that there shall 
be a resurrection of the dead, both 
of the just and unjust. 

Acts xxiv, 21. Except it be for 
this one voice, that I cried stand- 
ing among them. Touching the 
resurrection of the dead I am 
called in question by you this 
day. 

Acts xxvi, 8. Why should it be 
thought a thing incredible with 
vou, that God should raise the 
I dead ? 

I Rom. XIV, 17. For the kingdom 
! of God is not meat and drink, but 
righteousness, and peace, and joy 
in the Holy Ghost. 
! 2 CoR. I, "9. But we had the sen- 
I tence of death in ourselves, that 
■ we should not trust in ourselves, 
j but in God which raiseth the 
I dead. 

I 2 Cor. viii, 11. Xow therefore 

perform the doing of it; that as 

there was a readiness to will, so 

; there may be a performance also 

out of that which ve have. 

1 CoR. VI, 14. And God hath 
both raised up the Lord, and will 
also raise up us by his own power. 
1 CoR. XV, 12. Xow if Christ be 
preached that he rose from the 
dead, how say some among you 
that there is no resurrection of 
the dead ? 

13. But if there be no resurrec- 
tion of the dead, then is Christ 
not risen. 

1 CoR. XV, 20. But now is Christ 
risen from the dead, and become 
the first-fruits of them that slept. 
21. For since by man came 
death, by man came also the res- 
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22. For as in Adam all die, even 
so in Christ shall all be made 
alive. 

23. But every man in his own 
order : Christ the first-fruits ; af- 
terward they that are Christ's at 
his coming. 

1 CoR. XV, 42. So also is the res- 
urrection of the dead. It is sown 
in corruption, it is raised in in- 
corruption ; 

43. It is sown in dishonor, it is 
raised in glory ; it is sown in 
weakness, it is raised in power : 

44. It is sown a natural body, 
it is raised a spiritual body. 
There is a natural body, and there 
is a spiritual body. 

1 Cor. XV, 53. For this corrupt- 
ible must put on incorruption, 
and this mortal must put on im- 
mortality. 

64. So when this corruptible 
shall have put on incorruption, 
and this mortal shall have put on 
immortality, then shall be brought 
to pass the saying that is written. 
Death is swallowed up in victory. 

55. death, where is thy sting ? 
grave, where is thy victory ? 

56. The sting of death is sin ; 
and the strength of sin is the law. 

57. But thanks be to God, which 
giveth us the victory through our 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

2 CoR. V, 1. For we know that 
if our earthly house of this taber- 
nacle were dissolved, we have a 
building of God, a house not made 
with hands, eternal in the heav- 
ens. 

2. For in this we groan, earn- 
estly desiring to be clothed upon 
with our house which is from 
heaven. 

2 CoR. IV, 14. Knowing, that he 
which raised up the Lord Jesus, 
shall raise up us also by Jesus, 
and shall present us with you. 

Luke xiv, 14. And thou shalt 
be blessed : for they can not rec- 
ompense thee : for thou shalt be 
recompensed at the resurrection 
of the just. 

Matt, xxii, 30. For in the res- 
urrection they neither marryj nor 



are given in marriage, but are as 
the angels of God in heaven. 

31. But as touching the resur- 
rection of the dead, have ye not 
read that which was spoken unto 
you by God, saying, 

32. I am the God of Abraham, 
and the God of Isaac, and the God 
of Jacob ? God is not the God of 
the dead, but of the living. 

Luke xx, 35. For as a snare 
shall it come on all them that 
dwell on the face of the whole 
earth. 

36. Watch ye therefore, and 
pray always, that ye may be ac- 
counted worthy to escape all these 
things that shall come to pass, 
and to stand before the Son of 
man. 

Dan. XII, 2. And many of them 
that sleep in the dust of the earth 
shall awake, some to everlasting 
life, and some to shame and ever- 
lasting contempt. 

Psalm xvii, 15. As for me, I 
will behold thy face in righteous- 
ness : I shall be satisfied, when I 
awake, with thy likeness. 

Psalm xvi, 9. Therefore my 
heart is glad, and my glory re- 
joiceth : my flesh also shall rest 
in hope. 

10. For thou wilt not leave my 
soul in hell ; neither wilt thou 
sufi'er thy Holy One to see cor- 
ruption. 

Psalm lxviii, 20. He that is our 
God is the God of salvation ; and 
unto God the Lord belong the is- 
sues from death. 

Acts ii, 26. Therefore did my 
heart rejoice, and my tongue was 
glad; moreover also my flesh 
shall rest in hope : 

27. Because thou wilt not leave 
my soul in hell, neither wilt thou 
sufi'er thine Holy One to see cor- 
ruption. 

28. Thou hast made known to 
me the ways of life; thou shalt 
make me full of joy with thy 
countenance. 

29. Men and brethren, let me 
freely speak unto you of the pa- 
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dead and buried, and his sepul- 
cher is with us unto this day. 

30. Therefore being a prophet, 
and knowing that God had sworn 
with an oath to him, that of the 
fruit of his loins, according to 
the flesh, he would raise up 
Christ to sit on his throne ; 

31. He, seeing this before, spake 
of the resurrection of Christ, that 
his soul was not left in hell, nei- 
ther his flesh did see corruption. 

32. This Jesus hath God raised 
up, whereof we all are witnesses. 

Job XIX, 25. For I know that 
my Eedeemer liveth, and that he 
shall stand at the latter day upon 
the earth : 

26. And though after my skin 
worms destroy this body, yet in 
my flesh shall I see God : 

27. Whom I shall see for my- 
self, and mine eyes shall behold, 
and not another ; though my 
reins be consumed within me. 

Psalm xlix, 15. But God will 
redeem my soul from the power 
of the grave : for he shall receive 
me. Selah. 

1 Thess. IV, 14. For if we be- 
lieve that Jesus died and rose 
again, even so them also which 
sleep in Jesus will God bring with 
him. 

15. For this we say unto you 
by the word of the Lord, that we 
which are alive and remain unto 
the coming of the Lord shall not 
prevent them which are asleep. 

16. For the Lord himself shall 
descend from heaven with a shout, 
with the voice of the archangel, 
and with the trump of God : and 
the dead in Christ shall rise first : 



17. Then we which are alive 
and remain shall be caught up 
together with them in the clouds, 
to meet the Lord in the air : and 
so shall we ever be with the 
Lord. 

John v, 28. Marvel not at this : 
for the hour is coming, in the 
w^hich all that are in the graves 
shall hear his voice, 

29. And shall come forth ; they 
that have done good, unto the 
resurrection of life; and they 
that have done evil, unto the res- 
urrection of damnation. 

John xi, 23. Jesus saith unto 
her. Thy brother shall rise again. 

24. Martha saith unto him, I 
know that he shall rise again in 
the resurrection at the last day. 

25. Jesus said unto her, I am 
the resurrection, and the life : he 
that believeth in me, though he 
were dead, yet shall he live. 

Isaiah xxvi, 19. Thy dead men 
shall live, together with my dead 
body shall they arise. Awake and 
sing, ye that dwell in dust: for 
thy dew is as the dew of herbs, 
and the earth shall cast out the 
dead. 

Eev. xx, 6. Blessed and holy 
is he that hath part in the first 
resurrection: on such the second 
death hath no power, but they 
shall be priests of God and of 
Christ, and shall reign with him 
a thousand years. 

Eev. XX, 13. And the sea gave 
up the dead which were in it; 
and death and hell delivered up 
the dead which were in them: 
and they were judged every man 
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ELECTION, DECREES, AND FREE-WILL. 



I. Election. 

"To elect is to designate or se- 
lect.''— Webster. 

There are three kinds of elec- 
tion spoken of in the Scriptures : 

(1.) That of individuals to per- 
form some special service^ or 
to fill some particular office. 

As Cyrus to rebuild the Temple at Jeru- 
salem. 

Ezra i, 1. ]S"ow in the first year 
of Cyrus king of Persia, that the 
word of the Lord by the mouth 
of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, 
the Lord stirred up the spirit of 
Cyrus king of Persia, that he 
made a proclamation throughout 
all his kingdom, and put it also 
in writing, saying, 

2. Thus saith Cyrus king of 
Persia, The Lord God of heaven 
hath given me all the kingdoms 
of the earth ; and he hath charged 
me to build him a house at Jeru- 
salem, which is in Judah. 

3. Who is there among you of 
all his people? his God be with 
him, and let him go up to Jeru- 
salem, which is in Judah, and 
build the house of the Lord God 
of Israel, (he is the God,) which 
is in Jerusalem. 

Or Paul to be an Apostle. 

Rom. I, 1. Paul, a servant of 
Jesus Christ, called to be an apos- 
tle, separated unto the Gospel of 
God. 

Acts xiii, 2. As they ministered 
to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy 
Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas 
and Saul for the work whereunto 
I have called them. 

Gal. I, 1. Paul, an apostle, not 
of men, neither by man, but by 



Jesus Christ, and God the Father, 
who raised him from the dead. 

Or Saul to be king over Israel. 

1 Sam. X, 24. And Samuel said 
to all the people, See ye him 
whom the Lord hath chosen, 
that there is none like him 
among all the people? And all 
the people shouted, and said, 
God save the king. 

Or David to be king in the stead of Saul, 

1 Sam. XVI, 12. And he sent, 
and brought him in. !N"ow he 
was ruddy, and withal of a beau- 
tiful countenance, and goodly to 
look to. And the Lord said. Arise, 
anoint him : for this is he. 

13. Then Samuel took the horn 
of oil, and anointed him in the 
midst of his brethren: and the 
Spirit of the Lord came upon 
David from that day forward. 
So Samuel rose up, and went to 
Ram ah. 

Or Moses to be the deliverer of the He- 
brews from Egyptian bondage. 

Ex. Ill, 10. Come now therefore, 
and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, 
that thou mayest bring forth my 
people, the children of Israel, out 
of Egypt. 

(2.) Collective or national election, 

Deut. X, 8. At that time the 
Lord separated the tribe of Levi, 
to bear the ark of the covenant 
of the Lord, to stand before the 
Lord to minister unto him, and 
to bless in his name, unto this 
day. 

1 Sam. II, 27. And there came a 
man of God unto Eli, and said 
unto him. Thus saith the Lord, 
Did I plainly a]>pear unto the 
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were m 
house? 

28. And 
of all the 
my priest 



Egypt in Pharaoh's 



did I choose him out 
tribes of Israel to he 
to offer upon mine 
altar, to burn incense, to wear an 
ephod before me? and did I give 
unto the house of thy father all 
the offerings made by fire of the 
children of Israel ? 

Luke ti, 13. Xo servant can 
serve two masters : for either he 
will hate the one, and love the 
other; or else he will hold to the 
one, and despise the other. Ye 
can not serve God and mammon. 

Acts i. 24. And they prayed, 
and said, Thou, Lord, which 
knowest the hearts of all men, 
show whether of these two thou 
hast chosen. 

25. That he may take part of 
this ministry and apostleship, 
from which Judas by transgres- 
sion fell, that he might go to his 
own place. 

26. And they gave forth their 
lots; and the lot fell upon Mat- 
thias ; and he was numbered with 
the eleven apostles. 

Acts vi, 7. And the saying 
pleased the whole multitude: 
and thev chose Stephen, a man 
full of 'faith and of the Holy 
Ghost, and Philip, and Procho'- 
rus, and Xicanor, and Timon, 
and Parmenas, and Xicolas, a 
proselyte of Antioch : 

6. TVhom they set before the 
apostles: and when they had 
prayed, they laid their hands on 
them. 

Rom. IX, 10. Or saith he alto- 
gether for our sakes? For our 
sakes, no doubt, this is written : 
that he that ploweth should plow 
in hope : and that he that thrash- 
eth in hope should be j^artaker of 
his hope. 

11. If we have sown unto you 
spiritual things, is it a great 
thing if we shall reap vou carnal 
things? 

12. If others be partakers of 
this power over you, are not we 
rather? Nevertheless we have 



not used this power; but suffer 
all things, lest we should hinder 
the Gospel of Christ. 

I 13. Do ye not know that they 
which minister about holy things 

. live of the things of the temple? 
and they which wait at the altar 
are partakers with the altar? 

Deut. IV, 37. And because he 
loved thy fathers, therefore he 
chose their seed after them, and 
brought thee out in his sight with 
his mighty power out of Egypt. 
Deut. vii, 6. For thou art a holy 
people unto the Lord thy God : the 
Lord thy God hath chosen thee to 
be a special people unto himself, 
above all people that are upon the 
face of the earth. 

7. The Lord did not set his love 
upon you, nor choose you, because 
ye were more in number than any 
people; for ye were the fewest of 
all people: 

8. But because the Lord loved 
you, and because he would keep 
the oath which he had sworn 
unto your fathers, hath the Lord 
brought you out with a mighty 
hand, and redeemed you out of 
the house of bondmen, from the 
hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 

Deut. x, 15. Only the Lord had 
a delight in thy fathers to love 
them, and he chose their seed 
after them, even you above all 
people, as it is this day. 

1 Kings hi, 8. And thy servant 
is in the midst of thy people 
which thou hast chosen, a great 
people, that can not be numbered 
nor counted for multitude. 

1 Chrox. XVI, 13. ye seed of 

Israel his servant, ye children of 

Jacob, his chosen ones. 

j 14. He is the Lord our God; his 

judgments are in all the earth. 

Psalm cv, 6. ye seed of Abra- 

■ ham his servant, ye children of 

Jacob his chosen. 
j 7. He is the Lord our God; his 
I judgments are in all the earth. 

Psalm xxxiii, 12. Blessed is the 

I nation whose God is the Lord; 

and the people whom he hath 

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Neh. IX, 7. Thou art the Lord 
the God, who didst choose Abram, 
and broughtest him forth out of 
Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest 
him the name of Abraham ; 

8. And foundest his heart faith- 
ful before thee, and madest a cov- 
enant with him to give the land 
of the Canaanites, the Hittites, 
the Amorites, and the Perizzites, 
and the Jebusites, and the Gir- 
gashites, to give it, I say, to his 
seed, and hast performed thy 
words; for thou art righteous. 

Acts xiii, 17. The God of this 
people of Israel chose our fathers, 
and exalted the people when they 
dwelt as strangers in the land of 
Egypt, and with a high arm 
brought he them out of it. 

Isaiah liv, 4. Fear not; for 
thou shalt not be ashamed: nei- 
ther be thou confounded; for 
thou shalt not be put to shame: 
for thou shalt forget the shame 
of thy youth, and shalt not re- 
member the reproach of thy wid- 
owhood any more. 

Isaiah lxv, 9. And I will bring 
forth a seed out of Jacob, and 
out of Judah an inheritor of my 
mountains: and mine elect shall 
inherit it, and my servants shall 
dwell there. 

Psalm cxxxv, 4. For the Lord 
hath chosen Jacob unto' him- 
self, and Israel for his peculiar 
treasure. 

EzEK. XX, 5. And say unto 
them, Thus saith the Lord God; 
In the day when I chose Israel, 
and lifted up my hand unto the 
seed of the house of Jacob, and 
made myself known unto them 
in the land of Egypt, when I 
lifted up my hand unto them, 
saying, 1 am the Lord your God. 

EoM. Ill, 1. What advantage 
then hath the Jew? or what 
profit is there of circumcision? 

2. Much every way: chiefly 
because that unto them were 
committed the oracles of God. 

EoM. IX, 4. Wiio are Israelites; 
to whom pertaineth the adoption, 
and the glory, and the covenants, 



and the giving of the law, and the 
service of God, and the promises ; 

5. Whose are tlie fathers, and 
of whom, as concerning the flesh, 
Christ came, who is over all, God 
blessed forever. Amen. 

EoM. IX, 10. And not only this; 
but when Rebecca also had con- 
ceived by one, even by our father 
Isaac, 

11. (For the children being not 
yet born, neither having done 
any good or evil, that the pur- 
pose of God, according to elec- 
tion might stand, not of works, 
but of him that calleth,) 

12. It was said unto her. The 
elder shall serve the younger. 

13. As it is written, Jacob have 
I loved, but Esau have I hated. 

14. What shall we say then ? Is 
there unrighteousness with God? 
God forbid. 

15. For he saith to Moses, I will 
have mercy on whom I will have 
mercy, and I will have compas- 
sion on whom I will have com- 
passion. 

(3.) Personal election, or the choos- 
ing of individuals to he the 
heirs of eternal life. 

Personal election dependent upon faith 
and holiness. 

EoM. VIII, 38. Nor height, nor 
depth, nor any other creature, 
shall be able to separate us from 
the love of God which is in Christ 
Jesus our Lord. 

Eph. I, 4. According as he hath 
chosen us in him, before the foun- 
dation of the world, that we 
should he holy and without blame 
before him in love. 

5. Having predestinated us unto 
the adoption of children by Jesus 
Christ to himself, according to 
the good pleasure of his will. 

Col. Ill, 12. Put on therefore, as 
the elect of God, holy and be- 
loved, bowels of mercies, kind- 
ness, humbleness of mind, meek- 
ness, long-sufl'ering. 

1 Thess. I, 4. Knowing, breth- 
ren beloved, your election of God. 

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bound to give thanks always to 
God for you, brethren beloved of 
the Lord, because God hath from 
the beginning chosen you to sal- 
vation, through sanctification of 
the Spirit, and belief of the truth. 

2 Tim. ii, 10. Therefore I endure 
all things for the elect's sake, 
that they may also obtain the sal- 
vation which is in Christ Jesus 
with eternal glory. 

Titus i, 1. Paul, a servant of 
God, and an apostle of Jesus 
Christ, according to the faith of 
God's elect, and the acknowledg- 
ing of the truth which is after 
godliness. 

James ii, 5. Hearken, my be- 
loved brethren, hath not God 
chosen the poor of this world rich 
in faith, and heirs of the kingdom 
which he hath promised to them 
that love him. 

1 Pet. I, 2. Elect according to 
the foreknowledge of God the Fa- 
ther, through sanctification of the 
Spirit, unto obedience and sprink- 
ling of the blood of Jesus Christ: 
Grace unto you, and peace, be 
multiplied. 

1 Pet. II, 9. But ye are a chosen 
generation, a royal priesthood, a 
holy nation, a peculiar people, 
that ye should shew forth the 
praises of him who hath called 
you out of darkness into his mar- 
velous light. 

Eev. VII, 14. And I said unto 
him. Sir, thou knowest. And he 
said to me. These are they which 
came out of great tribulation, and 
have washed their robes, and 
made them w^hite in the blood of 
the Lamb. 

JuDE I, 1. Jude, the servant of 
Jesus Christ, and brother of 
James, to them that are sancti- 
fied by God the Father, and pre- 
served in Jesus Christ, and called : 

2. Mercy unto you, and peace, 
and love, be multiplied. 

1 Tim. VI, 12. Fight the good 
fight of faith, lay hold on eternal 
life, whereunto thou art also 
called, and hast professed a good 
profession before many witnesses. 



2 Tim. i, 9. Who hath saved us 
and called us with a holy calling, 
not according to our works, but 
according to his own purpose and 
grace, which was given us in 
Christ Jesus before the world 
began. 

2 Pet. i, 3. According as his 
divine power hath given unto us 
all things that pertain unto life 
and godliness, through the knowl- 
edge of him that hath called us 
to glory and virtue. 

Heb. Ill, 1. Wherefore holy 
brethren, partakers of the heav- 
enly calling, consider the Apostle 
and High Priest of our profes- 
sion, Christ Jesus. 

2 Pet. i, 10. Wherefore the 
rather, brethren, give diligence to 
make your calling and election 
sure : for if ye do these things, ye 
shall never fall. 

Eph. i, 18. The eyes of your 
understanding being enlightened, 
that ye may know what is the 
hope of his calling, and what the 
riches of the glory of his inherit- 
ance in the saints. 

Rom. IX, 23. And that he might 
make known the riches of his 
glory on the vessels of mercy, 
which he had afore prepared unto 
glory, 

24" Even us whom he hath 
called, not of the Jews only, but 
also of the Gentiles. 

25. As he saith also in Osee, I 
will call them my people, which 
were not my people ; and her be- 
loved, which was not beloved. 

26. And it shall come to pass, 
that in the place where it was 
said unto them. Ye are not my 
people ; there shall they be called, 
The children of the living God. 

2. Scripture Doctrine of Di- 
vine Decrees. 

Job xxviii, 26. When he made 
a decree for the rain, and a way 
for the lightning of the thunder. 

Psalm cxlvii, 6. The Lord lift- 
eth up the meek : he casteth the 
wicked down to the ground. 

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panteth, my strength faileth me : 
as for the light of mine eyes, it 
also is gone from me. 

Prov. VIII, 29. When he gave 
to the sea his decree, that the 
waters should not pass his com- 
mandment ; when he appointed 
the foundations of the earth. 

Jer. V, 22. Fear ye not me? 
saith the Lord : will ye not trem- 
ble at my presence, which have 
placed the sand for the bound of 
the sea by a perpetual decree, 
that it can not pass it : and 
though the waves thereof toss 
themselves, yet can they not pre- 
vail ; though they roar, yet can 
they not pass over it ? 

Dan. IV, 24. This is the inter- 
pretation, king, and this is the 
decree of the Most High, which 
is come upon my lord the king : 

25. That they shall drive thee 
from men, and thy dwelling shall 
be with the beasts of the field, 
and they shall make thee to eat 
grass as oxen, and they shall wet 
thee with the dew of heaven, and 
seven times shall pass over thee, 
till thou know that the Most High 
ruleth in the kingdom of men, 
and giveth it to whomsoever he 
will. 

Zeph. II, 2. Before the decree 
bring forth, before the day pass as 
the chaff, before the fierce anger 
of the Lord come upon you, before 
the day of the Lord's anger come 
upon you. 

Job XX, 29. This is the portion 
of a wicked man from God, and 
the heritage appointed unto him 
by God. 

Job XXXVIII, 10. And brake up 
for it my decreed place, and set 
bars and doors, 

11. And said. Hitherto shalt 
thou come, but no further : and 
here shall thy proud waves be 
staid. 

Psalm ii, 7. I will declare the 
decree : the Lord hath said unto 
me. Thou art my Son ; this day 
have I begotten thee. 

Psalm cxlviii, 6. He hath also 
established them forever and ever : 



he hath made a decree which 
shall not pass. 

Dan. IV, 17. This matter is by 
the decree of the watchers, and 
the demand by the word of the 
holy ones : to the intent that the 
living may know that the Most 
High ruleth in the kingdom of 
men, and giveth it to whomsoever 
he will, and setteth up over it the 
basest of men. 

3. Freedom of the Human 
Will. 

John v, 40. And ye will not 
come to me, that ye might have 
life. 

EoM. VII, 18. For I know that 
in me (that is, in my flesh) dwell- 
eth no good thing : for to will is 
present with me ; but how to per- 
form that which is good, I find 
not. 

Josh, xxiv, 15. And if it seem 
evil unto you to serve the Lord, 
choose you this day whom ye will 
serve ; whether the gods which 
your fathers served that were on 
the other side of the flood, or the 
gods of the Amorites, in whose 
land ye dwell : but as for me and 
my house, we will serve the Lord. 

Prov. i, 29. For that they hated 
knowledge, and did not choose 
the fear of the Lord : 

30. They would none of my 
counsel; they despised all my 
reproof: 

31. Therefore shall they eat of 
the fruit of their own way, and be 
filled with their own devices. 

Prov. xvi, 9. A man's heart de- 
viseth his way : but the Lord di- 
recteth his steps. 

Prov. xxiii, 26. My son, give 
me thy heart, and let thine eyes 
observe my ways. 

Matt, xiii, 15. For this people's 
heart is waxed gross, and their 
ears are dull of hearing, and their 
eyes they have closed ; lest at any 
time they should see with their 
eyes, and hear with their ears, 
and should understand with their 
heart, and should be converted, 
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Deut. XXX, 19. I call heaven 
and earth to record this day 
against you, that I have set before 
you life and death, blessing and 
cursing : therefore choose life, that 
both thou and thy seed may live. 

Ex. VIII, 32. And Pharaoh 
hardened his heart at this time 
also, neither would he let the 
people go. 

Ex. X, 16. Then Pharaoh called 
for Moses and Aaron in haste, and 
he said, I have sinned against the 
Lord your God, and against you. 

Phil, ii, 12. Wherefore, my be- 
loved, as ye have always obeyed, 
not as in my presence only, but 
now much more in my absence, 
work out your own salvation with 
fear and trembling. 

13. For it is God which worketh 
in you both to will and to do of 
his good pleasure. 

EzEK. XVIII, 31. Cast away from 
you all your transgressions, 
whereby ye have transgressed ; 
and make you a new heart and a 
new spirit; for why will ye die, 
house of Israel ? 

32. For I have no pleasure in 
the death of him that dieth, saith 
the Lord God : wherefore turn 
yourselves, and live ye. 

EzEK. XVIII, 26. When a right- 
eous man turneth away from his 
righteousness, and committeth in- 
iquity, and dieth in them 5 for his 
iniquity that he hath done, shall 
he die. 

27. Again, when the wicked 
man turneth away from his wick- 
edness that he hath committed, 
and doeth that which is lawful 
and right, he shall save his soul 
alive. 

EzEK. xxxiiijll. Say unto them. 
As I live, saith the Lord God, I 
have no pleasure in the death of 
the wicked ; but that the wicked 
turn from his way and live : turn 
ye, turn ye from your evil ways -, 
for why will ye die, house of 
Israel ? 



12. Therefore, thou son of man, 
say unto the children of thy peo- 
ple, The righteousness of the 
righteous shall not deliver him in 
the day of his transgression : as 
for the wickedness of the wicked, 
he shall not fall thereby in the 
day that he turneth from his 
wickedness ; neither shall the 
righteous be able to live for his 
righteousness in the day that he 
sinneth. 

13. When I shall say to the 
righteous, that he shall surely 
live ; if he trust to his own right- 
eousness, and commit iniquity, 
all his righteousness shall not be 
remembered ; but for his iniquity 
that he hath committed, he shall 
die for it. 

14. Again, when I say unto the 
wicked. Thou shalt surely die ; if 
he turn from his sin, and do that 
which is lawful and right ; 

15. If the wicked restore the 
pledge, give again that he had 
robbed, walk in the statutes of 
life., without committing iniquity ; 
he shall surely live, he shall not 
die. 

16. None of his sins that he 
hath committed shall be men- 
tioned unto him : he hath done 
that w^hich is lawful and right ; 
he shall surely live. 

EzEK. xxxiii, 18. When the 
righteous turneth from his right- 
eousness, and committeth iniq- 
uity, he shall even die thereby. 

19. But if the wicked turn from 
his wickedness, and do that which 
is lawful and right, he shall live 
thereby. 

Acts vii, 51. Ye stiff-necked, 
and uncircunicised in heart and 
ears, ye do always resist the Holy 
Ghost : as your fathers did, so do 

ye. 

2 Tim. hi, 8. Now as Jannes and 
Jambres withstood Moses, so do 
these also resist the truth : men 
of corrupt minds, reprobate con»- 
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CHAPTERV. 

THE DOCTRINE OF A GENERAL JUDGMENT. 



I. The Certainty of the Judg- 
ment. 

Acts xvii, 31. Because he hath 
appointed a day, in the which he 
will judge the world in righteous- 
ness, by that man whom he hath 
ordained ; whereof he hath given 
assurance unto all men, in that 
he hath raised him from the dead. 

Acts xxiv, 25. And as he rea- 
soned of righteousness, temper- 
ance, and judgment to come, Fe- 
lix trembled, and answered, Go 
thy way for this time ; when I 
have a convenient season, I will 
call for thee. 

Rom. it, 16. In the day when 
God shall judge the secrets of 
men by Jesus Christ, according 
to my Gospel. 

EccL. XII, 14. For God shall 
bring every work into judgment, 
with every secret thing, whether 
it be good, or whether it be evil. 

Matt, xii, 36. But I say unto 
you, that every idle word that 
men shall speak, they shall give 
account thereof in the day of 
judgment. 

Rev. XX, 11. And I saw a great 
white throne, and him that sat on 
it, from whose face the earth and 
the heaven tied away ; and there 
was found no place for them. 

12. And I saw the dead, small 
and great, stand before God ; and 
the books were opened : and an- 
other book was opened, which is 
the book of life ; and the dead 
were judged out of those things 
which were written in the books, 
according to their works. 

Mark xiii, 24. But in those 
days, after that tribulation, the 
sun shall be darkened, and the 
moon shall not give her light. 



25. And the stars of heaven 
shall fall, and the powers that 
are in the heaven shall be shaken. 

26. And then shall they see the 
Son of man coming in the clouds 
with great power and glory. 

Mark xiii, 32. But of that day 
and that hour knoweth no man, 
no, not the angels which are in 
heaven, neither the Son, but the 
Father. 

1 Thkss. V, 2. For yourselves 
know perfectly that the day of 
the Lord so cometh as a thief in 
the night. 

2 Pet. hi, 10. But the day of 
the Lord will come as a thief in 
the night ; in the which the 
heavens shall pass away with a 
great noise, and the elements 
shall melt with fervent heat, the 
earth also and the works that are 
therein shall be burned up. 

11. Seeing then that all these 
things shall be dissolved, what 
manner of persons ought ye to be 
in all holy conversation and god- 
liness, 

12. Looking for and hasting 
unto the coming of the day of 
God, wherein the heavens being 
on fire shall be dissolved, and the 
elements shall melt with fervent 
heat? 

RoM. XIV, 12. So then every one 
of us shall give account of him- 
self to God. 

1 Pet. IV, 5. Who shall give ac- 
count to him that is ready to 
judge the quick and the dead. 

Matt, xxiv, 30. And then shall 
appear the sign of the Son of man 
in heaven : and then shall all the 
tribes of the earth mourn, and 
they shall see the Son of man 
coming in the clouds of heaven 
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31. And he shall send his an- 
gels with a great sound of a 
trumpet, and they shall gather 
together his elect from the four 
winds, from one end of heaven to 
the other. 

2 Pet. hi, 7. But the heavens 
and the earth, which are now, by 
the same word are kept in store, 
reserved unto fire against the day 
of judgment and perdition of un- 
godly men. 

JuDE 6. And the angels which 
kept not their first estate, but left 
their own habitation, he hath re- 
served in everlasting chains un- 
der darkness unto the judgment 
of the great day. 

2. The Judgment Subsequent 
TO Death. 

Heb. IX, 27. And as it is ap- 
pointed unto men once to die, 
but after this the judgment. 

Bev. XX, 12. And I saw the 
dead, small and great, stand be- 
fore God; and the books were 
opened: and another book Avas 
opened, which is the book of life: 
and the dead were judged out of 
those things which are written 
in the books, according to their 
works. 

13. And the sea gave up the 
dead which were in it; and death 
and hell delivered up the dead 
which were in them: and they 
were judged every man accord- 
ing to their works. 

2 Cor. v, 10. For we must all 
appear before the judgment-seat 
of Christ; that every one may 
receive the things done in his 
body, according to that he hath 
done, whether it be good or bad. 

Psalm l, 3. Our God shall come, 
and shall not keep silence: a fire 
shall devour before him, and it 
shall be very tempestuous round 
about him. 

4. He shall call to the heavens 
from above, and to the earth, that 
he may judge his people. 

5. Gather my saints together 
unto me; those that have made 
a covenant with me by sacrifice. 



6. And the heavens shall de- 
clare his righteousness : for God 
is judge himself. 

Isaiah xxvi, 19. Thy dead men 
shall live, together with my dead 
body shall they arise. Awake and 
sing, ye that dwell in dust: for 
thy dew is as the dew of herbs, 
and the earth shall cast out the 
dead. 

2 Tim. iv, 1. I charge thee 
therefore before God, and the 
Lord Jesus Christ, who shall 
judge the quick and the dead at 
his appearing and his kingdom. 

2 Peter hi, 7. But the heavens 
and the earth, which are now, by 
the same word are kept in store, 
reserved unto fire against the day 
of judgment and perdition of un- 
godly men. 

Rom. XIV, 10. But why dost thou 
judge thy brother? or why dost 
thou set at naught thy brother? 
for we shall all stand before the 
judgment-seat of Christ. 

11. For it is written. As I live, 
saith the Lord, every knee shall 
bow to me, and every tongue 
shall confess to God. 

12. So then every one of us 
shall give account of himself to 
God. 

Acts xxiv, 25. And as he rea- 
soned of righteousness, temper- 
ance, and judgment to come, 
Felix trembled, and answered, 
Go thy way for this time; when 
I have a convenient season, I will 
call for thee. 

3. The Judgment Subsequent 
to the Resurrection. 

1 Thess. IV, 15. For this we say 
unto you by the word of the Lord, 
that we which are alive and re- 
main unto the coming of the Lord 
shall not prevent them which are 
asleep. 

16. For the Lord himself shall 
descend from heaven with a 
shout, with the voice of the 
archangel, and with the trump 
of God: and the dead in Christ 
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and remain shall be caught up 
together with them in the clouds, 
to meet the Lord in the air: and 
so shall we ever be with the Lord. 

Rev. XX, 12. And I saw the dead, 
small and great, stand before God ; 
and the books were opened : and 
another book was opened, which 
is the book of life: and the dead 
were judged out of those things 
which were written in the books, 
according to their works. 

13. And the sea gave up the 
dead which were in it; and death 
and hell delivered up the dead 
which were in them: and they 
were judged every man accord- 
ing to their works. 

2 Peter hi, 7. But the heavens 
and the earth, which are now, by 
the same word are kept in store, 
reserved unto fire against the day 
of judgment and perdition of un- 
godly men. 

8. But, beloved, be not ignorant 
of this one thing, that one day is 
with the Lord as a thousand years, 
and a thousand years as one day. 

9. The Lord is not slack con- 
cerning his promise, as some men 
count slackness ,• but is long-suf- 
fering to us-ward, not willing that 
any should perish, but that all 
should 'Come to repentance. 

10. But the day of the Lord 
will come as a thief in the night; 
in the which the heavens shall 
pass away with a great noise, and 
the elements shall melt with fer- 
vent heat, and the earth also and 
the works that are therein shall 
be burned up. 

11. Seeing then that all these 
things shall be dissolved, what 
manner of persons ought ye to be 
in all holy conversation and god- 
liness, 

12. Looking for and hasting 
unto the coming of the day of 
God, wherein the heavens being 
on fire shall be dissolved, and the 
elements shall melt with fervent 
heat? 

Matt, xiii, 30. Let both grow 
together until the harvest: and 
in the time of harvest I will say 



to the reapers, Gather ye together 
first the tares, and bind them in 
bundles to burn them ; but gather 
the wheat into my barn. 

Matt, xxii, 11. But he that is 
greatest among you, shall be your 
servant. 

12. And whosoever shall exalt 
himself, shall be abased; and he 
that shall humble himself, shall 
be exalted. 

13. But woe unto you, scribes 
and Pharisees, hypocrites I for ye 
shut up the kingdom of heaven 
against men: for ye neither go in 
yourselves, neither suffer ye them 
that are entering, to go in. 

Matt, xxv, 31. When the Son 
of man shall come in his glory, 
and all the holy angels with him, 
then shall he sit upon the throne 
of his glory: 

32. And before him shall be 
gathered all nations; and he 
shall separate them one from 
another, as a shepherd divideth 
his sheep from the goats : 

33. And he shall set the sheep 
on his right hand, but the goats 
on the left. 

Matt, v, 28. But I say unto 
you, That whosoever looketh on 
a woman to lust after her, hath 
committed adultery with her al- 
ready in his heart. 

29. And if thy right eye offend 
thee, pluck it out, and cast it from 
thee: for it is profitable for thee 
that one of thy members should 
perish, and not that thy whole 
body should be cast into hell. 

Matt, xiii, 47. Again, the king- 
dom of heaven is like unto a net, 
that was cast into the sea, and 
gathered of every kind: 

47. Which, when it was full, 
they drew to shore, and sat down, 
and gathered the good into ves- 
sels, but cast the bad away. 

49. So shall it be at the end of 
the world : the angels shall come 
forth, and sever the wicked from 
among the just, 

50. And shall cast them into 
the furnace of fire: there shall be 
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John v, 28. Marvel not at this : 
for the hour is coming in the 
which all that are in the graves 
shall hear his voice, 

29. And shall come forth; they 
that have done good unto the res- 
urrection of life; and they that 
have done evil, unto the resur- 
rection of damnation. 

4. Christ will be the Judge. 

Acts x, 40. Him God raised up 
the third day, and shewed him 
openly ; 

41. jSTot to all the people, but 
unto witnesses chosen before of 
God, even to us, who did eat and 
drink with him after he rose from 
the dead. 

42. And he commanded us to 
preach unto the people, and to 
testify that it is he which was 
ordained of God to be the Judge 
of quick and dead. 

John v, 22. For the Father 
judgeth no man; but hath com- 
mitted all judgment unto the 
Son: 

23. That all men should honor 
the Son, even as they honor the 
Father. He that honoreth not 
the Son, honoreth not the Father 
which hath sent him. 

24. Verily, verily, I say unto 
you. He that heareth my word, 
and believeth on him that sent 
me, hath everlasting life, and 
shall not come into condemna- 
tion; but is passed from death 
unto life. 

25. Verily, verily, I say unto 
you. The hour is coming, and 
now is, when the dead shall hear 
the voice of the Son of God: and 
they that hear shall live. 

26. For as the Father hath life 
in himself, so hath he given to 
the Son to have life in himself; 

27. And hath given him au- 
thority to execute judgment also, 
because he is the Son of man. 

2 Tim. iv, 1. I charge thee 
therefore before God, and the 
Lord Jesus Christ, who shall 
judge the quick and the dead at 
his appearing and his kingdom. 



RoM. II, 16. In the day when 
God shall judge the secrets of 
men by Jesus Christ, according 
to my Gospel. 

2 Thess. I, 7. And to you, who 
are troubled, rest with us, when 
the Lord Jesus shall be revealed 
from heaven with his mighty 
angels, 

8. In flaming fire taking ven- 
geance on them that know not 
God, and that obey not the Gos- 
pel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 

9. Who shall be punished with 
everlasting destruction from the 
presence of the Lord, and from 
the glory of his power. 

Isaiah xi, 3. And shall make 
him of quick understanding in 
the fear of the Lord: and he 
shall not judge after the sight 
of his eyes, neither reprove after 
the hearing of his ears. 

Matt, xxiv, 30. And then shall 
appear the sign of the Son of man 
in heaven: and then shall all the 
tribes of the earth mourn, and 
they shall see the Son of man 
coming in the clouds of heaven 
with power and great glory. 

31. And he shall send his angels 
with a great sound of a trumpet, 
and they shall gather together his 
elect from the four winds, from 
one end of heaven to the other. 

Dan. VII, 13. I saw in the night 
visions, and, behold, one like the 
Son of man came with the clouds 
of heaven, and came to the An- 
cient of days, and they brought 
him near before him. 

14. And there was given him 
dominion, and glory, and a king- 
dom, that all people, nations, and 
languages should serve him: his 
dominion is an everlasting domin- 
ion, which shall not pass away, 
and his kingdom that which shall 
not be destroyed. 

Mark xiii, 24. But in those 
days, after that tribulation, the 
sun shall be darkened and the 
moon shall not give her light, 

25. And the stars of heaven 
shall fall, and the powers that 
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26. And then shall they see the 
Son of man coming in the clouds 
with great power and glory. 

27. And then shall he send his 
angels, and shall gather together 
his elect from the four winds, 
from the uttermost parts of the 
earth to the uttermost part of 
heaven. 

28. IS'ow learn a parable of the 
fig-tree: When her branch is yet 
tender, and putteth forth leaves, 
ye know that Summer is near. 

Matt, xxv, 31. When the Son 
of man shall come in his glory, 
and all the holy angels w^ith him, 
then shall he sit upon the throne 
of his glory: 

32. And before him shall be 
gathered all nations : and he 
shall separate them one from 
another, as a shepherd divideth 
his sheep from the goats : 

33. And he shall set the sheep 
on his right hand, but the goats 
on the left. 

34. Then shall the King say 
unto them on his right hand, 
Come, ye blessed of my Father, 
inherit the kingdom prepared for 
you from the foundation of the 
world : 

35. For I was a hungered, and 
ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, 
and ye gave me drink: I was a 
stranger, and ye took me in: 

36. Naked, and ye clothed me: 
I was sick, and ye visited me: I 
was in prison, and ye came unto 
me. 

37. Then shall the righteous 
answer him, saying, Lord, when 
saw we thee a hungered, and fed 
thee? or thirsty, and gave thee 
drink? 

38. When saw we thee a stran- 
ger, and took thee in? or naked, 
and clothed thee? 

39. Or when saw we thee sick, 
or in prison, and came unto thee? 

40. And the King shall answer 
and say unto them, Verily I say 
unto you. Inasmuch as ye have 
done it unto one of the least of 
these my brethren, ye have done 
it unto me. 



41. Then shall he say unto them 
on the left hand. Depart from me, 
ye cursed, into everlasting fire, 
prepared for the devil and his 
angels: 

42. For I was a hungered, and 
ye gave me no meat : I was thirsty, 
and ye gave me no drink : 

43. I was a stranger, and ye 
took me not in : naked, and ye 
clothed me not: sick, and in 
prison, and ye visited me not. 

44. Then shall they also answ^er 
him, saying. Lord, when saw we 
thee a hungered, or athirst, or a 
stranger, or naked, or sick, or in 
prison, and did not minister unto 
thee? 

45. Then shall he answer them, 
saying. Verily I say unto you, In- 
asmuch as ye did it not to one of 
the least of these, ye did it not 
to me. 

46. And these shall go away 
into everlasting punishment: but 
the righteous into life eternal. 

Rev. I, 7. Behold, he cometh 
with clouds,* and every eye shall 
see him, and they also which 
pierced him: and all kindreds 
of the earth shall wail because 
of him. Even so. Amen. 

Rev. XIV, 14. And I looked, and 
behold, a white cloud, and upon 
the cloud one sat like unto the 
Son of man, having on his head 
a golden crown, and in his hand 
a sharp sickle. 

Matt, xix, 28. And Jesus said 
unto them. Verily I say unto you. 
That ye w^hich have followed me, 
in the regeneration when the Son 
of man shall sit in the throne of 
his glory, ye also shall sit upon 
twelve thrones, judging the 
twelve tribes of Israel. 

Acts x, 42. And he commanded 
us to preach unto the people, and 
to testify that it is he which was 
ordained of God to be the Judge 
of quick and dead. 

Acts xxviii, 31. Preaching the 
kingdom of God, and teaching 
those things which concern the 
Lord Jesus Christ, with all confi- 
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EoM. XIV, 10. But why dost 
thou judge thy brother? or why 
dost thou set at naught thy 
brother ? for we shall all stand 
before the judgment-seat of 
Christ. 

5. The Decisions of the Judg- 
ment WILL BE FINAL AND 

Equitable. 

Matt, xvi, 27. For the Son of 
man shall come in the glory of his 
Father, with his angels ; and then 
he shall reward every man ac- 
cording to his works. 

Rom. II, 6. Who will render to 
every man according to his deeds : 

7. Tothem who, by patient con- 
tinuance in well-doing, seek for 
glory and honor and immortal- 
ity, eternal life : 

8. But unto them that are con- 
tentious, and do not obey the 
truth, but obey unrighteousness, 
indignation and wrath, 

9. Tribulation and anguish, 
upon every soul of man that doeth 
evil ; of the Jew first, and also of 
the Gentile ; 

11. For there is no respect of 
persons with God. 

12. For as many as have sinned 
without law, shall also perish 
without law : and as many as 
have sinned in the law shall be 
judged by the law. 

2 Cor. v, 10. For we must all 
appear before the judgment-seat 
of Christ : that every one may re- 
ceive the things done in his body, 
according to that he hath done, 
whether it be good or bad. 

Gal, VI, 7. Be not deceived ; 
God is not mocked: for whatso- 
ever a man soweth, that shall he 
also reap. 

8. For he that soweth to his 
flesh, shall of the flesh reap cor- 
ruption : but he that soweth to 
the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap 
life everlasting. 

Rev. XXII, 11. He that is un- 
just, let him be unjust still: and 
jfie which is filthy, let him be fil- 
thy still : and he that is right- 
eous, let him be righteous still : 



and he that is holy, let him be 
holy still. 

12. And behold, I come quickly : 
and my reward is with me, to 
give every man according as his 
work shall be. 

Rev. XX, 12. And I saw the 
dead, small and great, stand be- 
fore God ; and the books were 
opened : and another book was 
opened, which is the book of life: 
and the dead were judged out of 
those things which were written 
in the books, according to their 
works. 

13. And the sea gave up the 
dead which were in it ; and death 
and hell delivered up the dead 
which were in them : and they 
w^ere judged every man according 
to their works. 

JuDE 6. And the angels which 
kept not their first estate, but left 
their own habitation, he hath re- 
served in everlasting chains un- 
der darkness unto the judgment 
of the great day. 

2 Pet. hi, 7. But the heavens 
and the earth, which are now, by 
the same word are kept in store, 
reserved unto fire against the day 
of judgment and perdition of un- 
godly men. 

Heb. IX, 27. And as it is ap- 
pointed unto men once to die, but 
after this the judgment. 

2 Tim. iv, 1. I charge thee there- 
fore before God, and the Lord Je- 
sus Christ, who shall judge the 
quick and the dead at his appear- 
ing and his kingdom. 

Acts xvii, 31. Because he hath 
appointed a day, in the which he 
will judge the world in righteous- 
ness, by that man whom he hath 
ordained : whereof he hath given 
assurance unto all men, in that 
he hath raised him from the dead. 

Psalm l, 3. Our God shall 
come, and shall not keep silence: 
a fire shall devour before him, 
and it shall be very tempestuous 
round about him. 

4. He shall call to the heavens 
from above, and to the earth, that 
he may judge his people. 



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5. Gather my saints together 
unto me ; those that have made 
a covenant with me by sacrifice. 

6. And the heavens shall de- 
clare his righteousness : for God 
is judge himself. 

EccL. XII, 14. For God shall 
bring every work into judgment, 
with every secret thing, whether 
it be good, or whether it be evil. 

Matt, xii, 36. But I say unto 
you. That every idle word that 
men shall speak, they shall give 
account thereof in the day of 
judgment. 

Luke xii, 2. For there is noth- 
ing covered, that shall not be re- 
vealed ; neither hid, that shall 
not be known. 

3. Therefore whatsoever ye 
have spoken in darkness shall 
be heard in the light; and that 
which ye have spoken in the ear 
in closets shall be proclaimed 
upon the housetops. 

Rom. II, 16. In the day when 
God shall judge the secrets of men 
by Jesus Christ according to my 
Gospel. 

1 Cor. Ill, 13. Every man's 
work shall be made manifest : for 
the day shall declare it, because 
it shall be revealed by fire ; and 
the fire shall try every man's 
work of what sort it is. 

1 Cor. IV, 4. For I know noth- 
ing by myself; yet am I not 
hereby justified : but he that 
judgeth me is the Lord. 

6. Therefore judge nothing be- 
fore the time, until the Lord come, 
who both will bring to light the 
hidden things of darkness, and 
will make manifest the counsels 
of the hearts : and then shall 
every man have praise of God. 

Luke xiii, 25. When once the 
master of the house is risen up, 
and hath shut to the door, and ye 
begin to stand without, and to 
knock at the door, saying. Lord, 
Lord, open unto us ; and he shall 
answer and say unto you, I know 
you not whence ye are. 

Luke xvi, 26. And beside all 
this, between us and you there is 



a great gulf fixed : so that they 
which would pass from hence to 
you can not ; neither can they 
pass to us, that would come from 
thence. 

Matt, xiii, 40. As therefore the 
tares are gathered and burned in 
the fire ; so shall it be in the end 
of this world. 

41. The Son of man shall send 
forth his angels, and they shall 
gather out of his kingdom all 
things that ofifend, and them 
which do iniquity; 

42. And shall cast them into a 
furnace of fire: there shall be 
wailing and gnashing of teeth. 

43. Then shall the righteous 
shine forth as the sun in the king- 
dom of their Father. Who hath 
ears to hear, let him hear. 

Matt, xiii, 49. So shall it be at 
the end of the world : the angels 
shall come forth, and sever the 
wicked from among the just. 

50. And shall cast them into 
the furnace of fire : there shall 
be wailing and gnashing of 
teeth. 

6. The Award to the Right- 
eous. 

Matt, xxv, 34. Then shall the 
King say unto them on his right 
hand. Come, ye blessed of my 
Father, inherit the kingdom pre- 
pared for you from the foundation 
of the world. 

Luke xxii, 29. And I appoint 
unto you a kingdom, as my Fa- 
ther hath appointed unto me ; 

30. That ye may eat and drink 
at my table in my kingdom, and 
sit on thrones judging the twelve 
tribes of Israel. 

RoM. V, 17. For if by one man's 
offense death reigned by one ; 
much more they which receive 
abundance of grace, and of the 
gift of righteousness, shall reign 
in life by one, Jesus Christ. 

2 Tim. ii, 12. If we suffer, we 
shall also reign with him : if we 
deny him, he also will deny us. 

2 Pet. i, 11. For so an entrance 
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abundantly into the everlasting 
kingdom of our Lord and Savior 
Jesus Christ. 

Eev. I, 6. And hath made us 
kings and priests unto God and 
his Father ; to him be glory and 
dominion forever and ever. Amen. 

Rev. XXI, 7. He that overcom- 
eth shall inherit all things ; and 
I will be his God, and he shall be 
my son. 

Heb. IV, 9. There remaineth 
therefore a rest to the people of 
God. 

JoHX XIV, 2. In my Father's 
house are many mansions : if it 
were not so, I would have told 
you. I go to prepare a place for 
you. 

3. And if I go and prepare a 
place for you, I will come again, 
and receive you unto myself; 
that where I am, there ye may be 
also. 

Rev. Ill, 4. Thou hast a few 
names even in Sardis which have 
not defiled their garments ; and 
they shall walk with me in white : 
for they are worthy. 

Rev. XXII, 4. And they shall 
see his face ; and his name shall 
be in their foreheads. 

5. And there shall be no night 
there ; and they need no candle, 
neither light of the sun ; for the 
Lord God giveth them light : and 
they shall reign forever and 
ever. 

John xvii, 24. Father, I will 
that they also, whom thou hast 
given me, be w4th me where I 
am ; that they may behold my 
glory, which thou hast given me : 
for thou lovedst me before the 
foundation of the world. 

CoL. Ill, 4. When Christ, who is 
our life, shall appear, then shall 
ye also appear with him in glory. 

Rev. Ill, 21. To him that over- 
cometh will I grant to sit with 
me in my throne, even as I also 
overcame, and am set down with 
my Father in his throne. 

Rev. VII, 15. Therefore are they 
before the throne of God, and 
serve him day and night in his 



temple : and he that sitteth on 
the throne shall dwell among 
them. 

Psalm xvi, 11. God hath deliv- 
ered me to the ungodly, and 
turned me over into the hands of 
the wicked. 

Matt, xxv, 21. His lord said 
unto him. Well done, thou good 
and faithful servant ; thou hast 
been faithful over a few things, I 
will make thee ruler over many 
things : enter thou into the joy of 
thy lord. 

JuDE 24. iN'ow unto him that is 
able to keep you from falling, and 
to present you faultless before the 
presence of his glory with ex- 
ceeding joy. 

Rev. XXI, 4. And God shall 
wipe away all tears from their 
eyes ; and there shall be no more 
death, neither sorrow, nor crying, 
neither shall there be any more 
pain : for the former things are 
passed away. 

Rev. XXII, 3. And there shall 
be no more curse : but the throne 
of God and of the Lamb shall be 
in it ,• and his servants shall serve 
him. 

Matt, xiii, 43. Then shall the 
righteous shine forth as the sun 
in the kingdom of their Father. 
Who hath ears to hear, let him 
hear. 

Dan. XII, 3. And they that be 
wise shall shine as the brightness 
of the firmament ; and they that 
turn many to righteousness as the 
stars forever and ever. 

John iv, 36. And he that reap- 
eth receiveth wages, and gather- 
eth fruit unto life eternal : that 
both he that soweth and he that 
reapeth may rejoice together. 

Rev. II, 7. He that hath an ear, 
let him hear what the Spirit saith 
unto the Churches ; To him that 
overcometh will I give to eat of 
the tree of life. 

Rev. XXII, 14. Blessed are they 
that do his commandments, that 
they niay have right to the tree 
of life, and may enter in through 
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7, The Doom of the Wicked. 

Matt, xxv, 41. Then shall he 
say also unto them on the left 
hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, 
into everlasting fire, prepared for 
the devil and his angels : 

42. For I was a hungered, and 
ye gave me no meat: I was 
thirsty, and ye gave me no drink : 

43. I was a stranger, and ye 
took me not in: naked, and ye 
clothed me not : sick, and in 
prison, and ye visited me not. 

Matt, xxv, 45. Then shall he 
answer them, saying. Verily I say 
unto you. Inasmuch as ye did it 
not to one of the least of these, ye 
did it not to me. 

46. And these shall go away 
into everlasting punishment; but 
the righteous into life eternal. 

Psalm ix, 17. The wicked shall 
be turned into hell, and all the 
nations that forget God. 

Matt, hi, 10. And now also the 
ax is laid unto the root of the 
trees : therefore every tree which 
bringeth not forth good fruit is 
hewn down, and cast into the 
fire. 

Matt. x,.28. And fear not them 
which kill the body, but are not 
able to kill the soul : but rather 
fear him which is able to destroy 
both soul and body in hell. 

Matt, xiii, 40. As therefore the 
tares are gathered and burned in 
the fire : so shall it be in the end 
of this world. 

41. The Son of man shall send 
forth his angels, and they shall 
gather out of his kingdom all 
things that ofi*end, and them 
which do iniquity ; 

42. And shall cast them into a 
furnace of fire : there shall be 
wailing and gnashing of teeth. 

John v, 29. And shall come 
forth : they that have done good, 
unto the resurrection of life ; and 
they that have done evil, unto the 
resurrection of damnation. 

Mark ix, 43. And if thy hand 
offend thee, cut it off: it is better 
for thee to enter into life maimed, 



than having two hands to go into 
hell, into the fire that never shall 
be quenched. 

Mark ix, 45. And if thy foot 
offend thee, cut it off: it is better 
for thee to enter halt into life, 
than having two feet to be cast 
into hell, into the fire that never 
shall be quenched. 

Mark ix, 47. And if thine eye 
offend thee, pluck it out : it is 
better for thee to enter into the 
kingdom of God with one eye, 
than having two eyes to be cast 
into hell fire : 

48. Where their worm dieth 
not, and the fire is not quenched. 

Luke hi, 17. Whose fan is in 
his hand, and he will thoroughly 
purge his floor, and will gather 
the wheat into his garner : but 
the chaff he will burn with fire 
unquenchable. 

Luke xvi, 23. And in hell he 
lifted up his eyes, being in tor- 
ments, and seeth Abraham afar 
off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 

1 Thess. V, 2. For yourselves 
know perfectly, that the day of 
the Lord so cometh as a thief in 
the night. 

5. For when they shall say. 
Peace and safety ; then sudden 
destruction cometh upon them, as 
travail upon a woman with child ; 
and they shall not escape. 

1 Thess. i, 7. In the which ye 
also walked some time, when ye 
lived in them. 

8. But now ye also put off all 
these; anger, wrath, malice, blas- 
phemy, filthy communication out 
of your mouth. 

9. Lie not one to another, see- 
ing that ye have put off the old 
man with his deeds. 

Heb. VI, 8. But that which 
beareth thorns and briers is re- 
jected, and is nigh unto cursing ; 
whose end is to be burned. 

2 Thess. ii, 8. And then shall 
that Wicked be revealed, whom 
the Lord shall consume with the 
spirit of his mouth, and shall de- 
stroy with the brightness of his 
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9. Even him, whose coming is 
after the working of Satan, with 
all power, and signs, and lying 
wonders, 

10. And with all deceivahleness 
of unrighteousness in them that 
perish ; because they received not 
the love of the truth, that they 
might be saved. 

11. And for this cause God shall 
send them strong delusion, that 
they should believe a lie : 

12. That they all might be 
damned who believed not the 
truth, but had pleasure in un- 
righteousness. 

2 Pet. ii, 4. For if God spared 
not the angels that sinned, but 
cast them down to hell, and de- 
livered them into chains of dark- 
ness, to be reserved unto judg- 
ment. 

2 Pet. ii, 9. The Lord knoweth 
how to deliver the godly out of 
temptations, and to reserve the 
unjust unto the day of judgment 
to be punished : 

10. But chiefly them that walk 
after the flesh in the lust of un- 
cleanness, and despise govern- 
ment. Presumptuous are they, 
self-willed ; they are not afraid to 
speak evil of dignities. 

2 Pet. hi, 7. But the heavens 
and the earth, which are now, by 
the same word are kept in store, 
reserved unto fire against the day 
of judgment and perdition of un- 
godly men. 

John hi, 3. Jesus answered and 
said unto him, Verily, verily, I 
say unto thee, except a man be 
born again, he can not see the 
kingdom of God. 

Kev. XIV, 9. And the third an- 
gel followed them, saying with a 
loud voice. If any man worship 
the beast and his image, and re- 
ceive his mark in his forehead, or 
in his hand, 

10. The same shall drink of the 
wine of the wrath of God, which 
is poured out without mixture 
into the cup of his indignation ; 
and he shall be tormented with 
fire and brimstone in the presence 



of the holy angels and m the 
presence of the Lamb : 

11. And the smoke of their tor- 
ment ascendeth up forever and 
ever : and they have no rest day 
nor night, who worship the beast 
and his image, and whosoever re- 
ceiveth the mark of his name. 

Rev. XXII, 14. Blessed are they 
that do his commandments, that 
they may have right to the tree 
of life, and may enter in through 
the gates into the city. 

15. For without are dogs, and 
sorcerers, and whoremongers, and 
murderers, and idolaters, and 
whosoever loveth and maketh a 
lie. 

Rev. XXI, 8. But the fearful, 
and unbelieving, and the abom- 
inable, and murderers, and whore- 
mongers, and sorcerers, and idol- 
aters, and all liars, shall have 
their part in the lake which 
burneth with fire and brimstone : 
which is the second death. 

Matt, v, 20. For I say unto you, 
That except your righteousness 
shall exceed the righteousness of 
the scribes and Pharisees, ye 
shall in no case enter into the 
kingdom of heaven. 

Matt, vii, 21. Not every one 
that saith unto me. Lord, Lord, 
shall enter into the kingdom of 
heaven ; but he that doeth the 
will of my Father which is in 
heaven. 

22. Many will say to me in that 
day, Lord, Lord, have we not 
prophesied in thy name ? and in 
thy name have cast out devils? 
and in thy name done many 
wonderful works ? 

23. And then will I profess unto 
them, I never knew you : depart 
from me, ye that work iniquity. 

LukS xiii, 24. Strive to enter in 
at the strait gate : for many, I 
say unto you, will seek to enter 
in, and shall not be able. 

Rev. xxii, 10. And he said unto 
me, Seal not the sayings of the 
prophecy of this book : for the 
time is at hand. 

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the unrighteous shall not inherit 
the kingdom of God ? Be not 
deceiv^ed: neither fornicators, nor 
idolaters, nor adulterers, nor ef- 
feminate, nor abusers of them- 
selves with mankind, 

10. Nor thieves, nor covetous, 
nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor 
extortioners, shall inherit the 
kingdom of God. 

Gal. V, 19. Now the works of 
the flesh are manifest, which are 
these. Adultery, fornication, un- 
cleanness, lasciviousness, 

20. Idolatrv, witchcraft, ha- 
tred, variance, emulations, wrath, 
strife, seditions, heresies, 

21. Envyings, murders, drunk- 
enness, revilings, and such like : 
of the which I tell you before, as 
I have also told you in time past, 



that they which do such things 
shall not inherit the kingdom of 
God. 

Eph. V, 5. For this ye know, 
that no whoremonger, nor unclean 
person, nor covetous man, who is 
an idolater, hath any inheritance 
in the kingdom of Christ and of 
God. 

Rev. XXI, 27. And there shall 
in no wise enter into it any thing 
that defileth, neither whatsoever 
worketh abomination, or mak- 
eth a lie ; but they which are 
written in the Lamb^s book of 
life. 

Psalm xi, 6. Upon the wicked 
he shall rain snares, fire, and 
brimstone, and a horrible tem- 
pest : this shall be the portion of 
their cup. 



8. Heaven a Place of Eternal Happiness. 

" That part of space in which the omnipresent Je- 
hovah is supposed to afford more sensible manifestations 
of his glory. Hence this is called habitation of God; 
and is represented as the residence of angels and 
blessed spirits." — Webster. Heaven is both a place and 
a state. " I go to prepare a place for you," said Jesus ; 
and "Where I am there shall my servant be." "I will 
that those whom thou hast given me be with me where 
I am, that they may behold my glory." "In my 
Father's house there are many mansions." To, and at, 
and from are predicated of heaven in the Scriptures, 
just as they are of the sun, or the earth. The bodies 
of Enoch and Elijah, who were translated without dy- 
ing, are somewhere. The glorified body of Jesus is 
somewhere. The bodies of the saints, after the general 
resurrection, will be somewhere. They will occupy 
space. The paradise in Eden and the literal Canaan 
were types of a place as certainly as of a state. Heaven 
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hands; his better country^ even a heavenly. There shall 
be mutual recognition and intelligent converse in 
heaven. This is taught in the transfiguration scene, 
where Moses and Elias appeared in glory, and con- 
versed with Jesus in the presence and hearing of Peter, 
James, and John. Heaven is a state; the saints are 
glorified, soul and body. " The sufferings of this pres- 
ent time are not worthy to be compared with the 
glory which shall be revealed in us.'' " There shall be no 
more death, neither sorrow, nor crying." '' They shall 
not hunger nor thirst any more." " Then shall we 
know even as we are known, and see as we are seen." 
" Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God." 
There shall be no sin in heaven ; "Nothing that loveth 
or maketh a lie." " There shall be no night there ;" 
"that is to say," says Mr. Harbaugh, "there no de- 
pendent or secondary planet exists." There, conse- 
quently, none of the unpleasant extremes involved in 
day and night are found. There no dark night-sides 
of nature cover the lovely face of paradisean realms. 
No cycles in the heavenly worlds ever cause the joyous 
life of the saints to ebb back from the waking energies 
of bliss into dull stupor, under the overshadowings of 
darkness and gloom. That world needs no repose ; for 
life, in right relations, is rest in its own peaceful flow 
of bliss. No curse." In all that land wasting disease 
is unknown. No malice shall be feared; for "the sun 
shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night." 
Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people, 
" They shall see his face." The heart feels that union 
is the height of joy. They shall hear his voice, 
saying, " Come ye blessed, enter thou into the joy of 
thy Lord." " His servants shall serve him." They 
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through all eternity, to tell of the triumph he has 
achieved through the blood of the Lamb. The Chris- 
tian's heavenly inheritance is an infinite and an eternal 
weight of glory. 



John xiv, 2. In my Father's 
house are many mansions: if it 
were not so, I would have told 
you. I go to prepare a place for 
you. 

3. And if I go and prepare a 
place for you, I will come again, 
and receive you unto myself; 
that where I am, there ye may 
be also. 

John xvii, 24. Father, I will 
that they also, whom thou hast 
given me, be with me where I 
am ; that they may behold my 
glory, which thou hast given me: 
for thou lovedst me before the 
foundation of the world. 

1 Thess. IV, 17. Then we which 
are alive and remain shall be 
caught up together with them in 
the clouds, to meet the Lord in 
the air: and so shall we ever be 
with the Lord. 

Rev. Ill, 21. To him that over- 
cometh will I grant to sit with 
me in my throne, ev6n as I also 
overcame, and am set down with 
my Father in his tbrone. 

1 Cor. II, 9. But as it is writ- 
ten, Eye hath not seen, nor ear 
heard, neither have entered into 
the heart of man, the things 
which God hath prepared for 
them that love him. 

1 John hi, 2. Beloved, now are 
we the sons of God, and it doth 
not yet appear what we shall be : 
but we know that, when he shall 
appear, we shall be like him; for 
we shall see him as he is. 

2 Peter i, 2. For so an en- 
trance shall be ministered unto 
you abundantly into the ever- 
lasting kingdom of our Lord and 
Savior Jesus Christ. 

James ii, 5. Hearken, my be- 
loved brethren, Hath not God 
chosen the poor of this world 
rich in faith, and heirs of the 



kingdom which he hath prom- 
ised to them that love him? 

Luke xxii, 29. And I appoint 
unto you a kingdom, as my Fa- 
ther hath appointed unto me; 

30. That ye may eat and drink 
at my table in my kingdom, and 
sit on thrones, judging the twelve 
tribes of Israel. 

EoM. V, 17. For if by one 
man's offense death reigneth by 
one; much more they which re- 
ceive abundance of grace, and of 
the gift of righteousness, shall 
reign in life by one, Jesus Christ. 

CoL. Ill, 24. Knowing that of 
the Lord ye shall receive the re- 
ward of the inheritance: for ye 
serve the Lord Christ. 

1 Peter i, 3. Blessed be the 
God and Father of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, which according to his 
abundant mercy, hath begotten 
us again unto a lively hope by 
the resurrection of Jesus Christ 
from the dead, 

4. To an inheritance incorrupti- 
ble, and undefiled, and that fadeth 
not away, reserved in heaven for 
you. 

Rev. xxii, 5. And there shall 
be no night there; and they need 
no candle, neither light of the 
sun ; for the Lord God giveth 
them light: and they shall reign 
forever and ever. 

Matt, xxv, 21. His lord said 
unto him. Well done, thou good 
and faithful servant; thou hast 
been faithful over a few things, 
I will make thee ruler over many 
things: enter thou into the joy 
of thy lord. 

Jude 24. Now unto him that is 
able to keep you from falling, 
and to present you faultless be- 
fore the presence of his glory 
with exceeding joy. 

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churches which are in Asia: 
Grace be unto you, and peace, 
from him which is, and which 
was, and which is to come; and 
from the seven Spirits which are 
before his throne. 

Eev. XXII, 3. And there shall 
be no more curse: but the throne 
of God and of the Lamb shall be 
in it; and his servants shall serve 
him. 

Eev. VII, 15. Therefore are they 
before the throne of God, and serve 



him day and night in his temple: 
and he that sitteth on the throne 
shall dwell among them. 

16. They shall hunger no more 
neither thirst any more: neither 
shall the sun light on them, nor 
any heat. 

17. For the Lamb which is in 
the midst of the throne shall feed 
them, and shall lead them unto 
living fountains of waters: and 
God shall wipe away all tears 
from their eyes. 



9. Hell a Place of Endless Misery. 

The chief objections that have been urged against 
the doctrine of the eternal punishment of the finally 
impenitent, are the following : 

1. The disproportion between the actions done in 
time and endless punishment. While it is not denied 
that punishment is merited, it is contended that there 
should be some proportion between the crime and the 
duration of the penalty. To this objection we deem 
the following arguments a sufficient answer: 

What is the moral proportion between one day and 
a month, or one day and a year? Does nothing depend 
on the nature of the crime ? Suppose a man commits 
a petty larceny, would the objector say a month's im- 
prisonment is enough ? Another man commits murder, 
would the objector say that a year's punishment would 
suffice? But should the latter criminal be punished a 
month and the other a year? It is urged that the 
nature of the crime determines that. If this is granted 
it is apparent that the proportion is one of turpitude^ 
and not of time. Society, and all civil governments, 
proceed upon the principle that the time occupied in 
the perpetration of a criminal act is not to be taken 
into account in considering the punishment that is to 
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THE DOCTRINE OF A GENERAL JUDGMENT. 137 

usually occupied in committing murder than in perpe- 
trating a burglary ; and, on the principle of strict pro- 
portion, the burglar should undergo a longer punish- 
ment than the murderer. But the moral instincts of 
society overrule its sentimentalities, and demand that 
the gravity of the crime shall determine the gravity of 
the punishment. 

Take another illustration : suppose that twenty 
years ago a criminal forged your name to a check for 
ten thousand dollars. It was the work of a moment. 
A stroke or two of the pen and the work was done. 
The criminal never confessed the act, nor ever uttered a 
penitential word. You had him prosecuted, and he was 
imprisoned for ten years. He has now been at large ten 
years. Have you forgiven him ? Have you invited him 
to your family circle ? Have you restored him to your 
confidence? You answer, "No!" What then becomes 
of the argument of proportion ? He was imprisoned 
ten years for a crime that consumed less than ten min- 
utes in its perpetration. Ten years of punishment for 
ten minutes of crime ! But you say the criminal is im- 
penitent; he has never acknowledged his sin, and never 
asked for forgiveness. Time has no mitigating influ- 
ence upon guilt. If a criminal continues impenitent 
respecting any crime, he is as guilty of that crime on 
the last day of his life as he was in the very hour of its 
committal, although he may have survived that hour 
fifty years. The question between the criminal and 
society is not one of time, but of penitence. 

Look at the question of proportion from another 
point. Here is a man who has sustained an unspotted 
reputation for half a century. He has been regarded as 
a pattern of benevolence, and his credit is unquestioned. 
But he is proved guilty of crime. The criminal had no 

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idea that his crime was known, but it is made public. 
How does society treat that splendid reputation, which 
was fifty years in building? Does it deduct but one 
day from the fifty years of reputation, and regard the 
crime as but a spot on the disk of a brilliant life? Does 
it not rather raze the very foundations of the structure 
that was fifty years in building, and forgets half a cen- 
tury of unchallenged life in one day's discovered vil- 
lainy? All actions are influential. "What is done in an 
hour may afi*ect society through many generations. 

Punishment is not regenerative. A felon who has 
undergone a term of imprisonment may leave the prison 
as great a criminal as when he entered it. The fact of 
his imprisonment does not make him an honest man. 
Hell itself, if intermediate instead of final, would not 
convert men to Christianity. 

2. It has been urged that, as virtue is its own 
reward, and vice its own punishmentj the criminal 
is sufficiently punished while upon earth, and need not, 
therefore, have hell superadded. If the argument is 
valid in relation to hell, it is equally valid in relation 
to heaven. The logic which closes hell annihilates 
heaven. If vice is its own punishment, why should the 
thief be imprisoned, or the murderer executed ? Why 
not leave the criminal simply to his own remorse of 
conscience? The fact is, by the repetition of crime 
conscience becomes hardened, and the old criminal 
suffers less compunction for murder than the young of- 
fender does for some petty theft. 

3. It is urged that God should issue a universal am- 
nesty; that he should open every prison-door in the 
universe; that he should say to lost men, "You are for- 
given;" and to devils, "You are free." It is contended 
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THE DOCTRINE OF A GENERAL JUDGMENT. 139 

But it must be remembered that amnesty, in itself, 
would work no moral change. Would the thief and 
the murderer become virtuous members of society by 
being simply liberated from jail? Does their moral 
character depend upon which side of the prison-door 
they are? "Would a devil be any less a devil on one 
side of a prison-door than on another? It is not the 
door that makes the devil. Forgiveness requires the 
consent of two parties. An enemy can not by any so- 
called act of forgiveness be turned into a friend. A 
man may excuse an offense against himself, but he has 
no power to excuse an offense against righteousness. 
He may rise superior to mere personal considerations, 
but if he trifle with the demands of morality, which 
alone can make personal considerations of any conse- 
quence, his so-called forgiveness is a sin. Hence it ap- 
pears that even God himself can not forgive a sinner, 
apart from certain conditions which the sinner himself 
must supply. 

4. It is suggested that a second probation might 
meet the case. A second probation is an impossibility. 
But if possible, where would be the equity? Give 
men to know that there would be a second probation, 
and how many of them would care for the first? If 
they neglected the first they would be necessarily 
weaker to encounter the discipline of the second. And 
if a second probation, why not a third and a fourth? 
If temporary punishment in hell would bring man to 
God, why send Christ into the world to die for sinners? 
Hell is nowhere spoken of in the Scriptures as exerting 
a remedial influence upon criminals. But Christ is 
"the only name given, under heaven, amongst men, 
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Isaiah xxx, 33. For Tophet is 
oi-dained of old; yea, for the 
king it is prepared; he hath 
made it deep and large: the pile 
thereof is fire and much wood; 
the breath of the Lord, like a 
stream of brimstone, doth kin- 
dle it. 

Matt, xxiii, 33. Ye serpents, ye 
generation of vipers, how can ye 
escape the damnation of hell? 

Luke xyi, 24. And he cried and 
said, father Abraham, have mercy 
on me, and send Lazarus, that he 
may dip the tip of his finger in 
water, and cool my tongue; for I 
am tormented in this flame. 

2 Thess. I, 7. And to you, who 
are troubled, rest with us, when 
the Lord Jesus shall be revealed 
from heaven with his mighty 
angels, 

8. In flaming fire taking ven- 
geance on them that know not 
God, and that obey not the Gospel 
of our Lord Jesus Christ: 

9. Who shall be punished with 
everlasting destruction from the 
presence of the Lord, and from 
the glory of his power; 

10. When he shall come to be 
glorified in his saints, and to be 
admired in all them that believe 
(because our testimony among you 
was believed) in that day. 

11. Wherefore also we pray al- 
ways for you, that our God would 
count you worthy of this calling, 
and fulfill all the good pleasure 
of his goodness, and the work of 
faith with power: 

12. That the name of our Lord 
Jesus Christ may be glorified in 
you, and ye in him, according to 
the grace of our God, and of the 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

John hi, 36. He that believeth 
on the Son hath everlasting life: 
and he that believeth not the Son, 
shall not see life; but the wrath 
of God abideth on him. 

Prov. X, 28. The hope of the 
righteous shall be gladness: but 
the expectation of the wicked 
shall perish. 

Prov. xi, 7. When a wicked man 



dieth, his expectation shall per- 
ish: and the hope of unjust men 
perisheth. 

Dan. XII, 2. And many of them 
that sleep in the dust of the earth 
shall awake, some to everlasting 
life, and some to shame and ever- 
lasting contempt. 

Matt, xxv, 46. And these shall 
go away into everlasting punish- 
ment: but the righteous into life 
eternal. 

Mark ix, 43. And if thy hand 
oflTend thee, cut it off: it is better 
for thee to enter into life maimed, 
than having two hands to go into 
hell, into the fire that never shall 
be quenched: 

44. Where their worm dieth not, 
and the fire is not quenched. 

Mark xiv, 21. The Son of man 
indeed goeth, as it is written of 
him: but woe to that man by 
whom the Son of man is be- 
trayed! good were it for that 
man if he had never been born. 

Luke hi, 17. Whose fan is in 
his hand, and he will thoroughly 
purge his floor, and will gather 
the wheat into his garner: but 
the chafi" he will burn with fire 
unquenchable. 

Luke xvi, 26. And besides all 
this, between us and you there is 
a great gulf fixed: so that they 
Avhich would pass from hence to 
you, can not; neither can they 
pass to us, that would come from 
thence. 

Rev. xiv. 10. The same shall 
drink of the wine of the wrath 
of God, which is poured out 
without mixture into the cup 
of his indignation; and he shall 
be tormented with fire and brim- 
stone in the presence of the holy 
angels, and in the presence of the 
Lamb : 

11. And the smoke of their tor- 
ment ascendeth up forever and 
ever: and they have no rest day 
nor night, who worship the beast 
and his image, and whosoever re- 
ceiveth the mark of his name. 

Rev. XX, 10. And the devil that 
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lake of fire and brimstone, where 
the beast and the false prophet 
are, and shall be tormented day 
and night forever and ever. 

Rev. XXII, 11. He that is unjust, 
let him be unjust still: and he 
which is filthy, let him be fiUhy 
still: and he that is righteous, 
let him be righteous still: and 
he that is holy, let him be holy 
still. 

Mark hi, 29. But he that shall 
blaspheme against the Holy Ghost 
hath never forgiveness, but is in 
danger of eternal damnation. 

Heb. VI, 8. But that which 
beareth thorns and briers is re- 
jected, and is nigh unto cursing,* 
whose end is to be burned. 

Psalm ix, 17. The wicked shall 
be turned into hell, and all the 
nations that forget God. 

Psalm xi, 6. Upon the wicked 
he shall rain snares, fire and 
brimstone, and a horrible tem- 
pest: this shall be the portion of 
their cup. 

Prov. I, 24. Because I have 
called, and ye refused; I have 
stretched out my hand, and no 
man regarded; 

25. But ye have set at naught 
all my counsel, and would none 
of my reproof: 

26. I also will laugh at your 
calamity ; I will mock when your 
fear cometh; 

27. When your fear cometh as 
desolation, and your destruction 
cometh as a whirlwind; when 
distress and anguish cometh upon 
you. 

28. Then shall they call upon 
me, but I will not answer; they 
shall seek me early, but they 
shall not find me: 

29. For that they hated knowl- 
edge, and did not choose the fear 
of the Lord: 

30. They would none of my 
counsel : they despised all my 
reproof. 

31. Therefore shall they eat of 
the fruit of their own way, and 
be filled with their own devices. 

32. For the turning away of 



the simple shall slay them, and 
the prosperity of fools shall de- 
stroy them. 

Matt, v, 20. For I say unto 
you, That except your righteous- 
ness shall exceed the righteous- 
ness of the scribes and Pharisees, 
ye shall in no case enter into the 
kingdom of heaven. 

Matt, vii, 21. Not every one 
that saith unto me. Lord, Lord, 
shall enter into the kingdom of 
heaven; but he that doeth the 
will of my Father which is in 
heaven. 

22. Many will say to me in 
that day, Lord, Lord, have we 
not prophesied in thy name? and 
in thy name have cast out devils ? 
and in thy name done many won- 
derful works ? 

23. And then will I profess 
unto them, I never knew you: 
depart from me, ye that work 
iniquity. 

Matt, viii, 11. And I say unto 
you. That many shall come from 
the east and west, and shall sit 
down with Abraham, and Isaac, 
and Jacob, in the kingdom of 
heaven. 

12. But the children of the 
kingdom shall be cast out into 
outer darkness : there shall be 
weeping and gnashing of teeth. 

Matt, x, 33. But whosoever 
shall deny me before men, him 
will I also deny before my Father 
which is in heaven. 

Matt, xiii, 40. As therefore the 
tares are gathered and burned in 
the fire; so shall it be in the end 
of this world. 

41. The Son of man shall send 
forth his angels, and they shall 
gather out of his kingdom all 
things that off'end, and them 
which do iniquity, 

42. And shall cast them into a 
furnace of fire: there shall be 
wailing and gnashing of teeth. 

Matt, xiii, 49. So shall it be 
at the end of the world : the 
angels shall come forth, and 
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50. And shall cast them into 
the furnace of fire: there shall 
be wailing and gnashing of 
teeth. 

Gal. V, 21. Envyings, murders, 
drunkenness, revelings, and such 
like: of the which I tell you be- 
fore, as I have also told you in 



time past, that they which do 
such things shall not inherit the 
kingdom of God. 

Gal. VI, 8. For he that soweth 
to his flesh shall of the flesh reap 
corruption; but he that sowetn 
to the Spirit shall of the Spirit 
reap life everlasting. 



BOOK lY. 



THE MORAL LAW. 



THE MORAL LAW. 



Note. — The moral law, as a standard rule for our obedience, 
remains in full rigor and authority, and constitutes a body of pre- 
cepts Tvhich carry a universal and natural equity in them, being so 
conformable to the light of reason and the dictates of every man's 
conscience that, as soon as they are declared and understood, they 
must needs be subscribed to as just and right. 



CHAPTER I. 

THE FIRST COMMANDMENT. 
Exodus xx, 3: Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 

This command, although given in a negative form, 
enjoins the following positive duties: 

1. That ice must have a God^ which, of course, is 
against atheism. 

2. That ice must have the Lord Jehovah for our God, 
which is against idolatry. 

3. That we must have the only true God, the Lord 
Jehovah alone, for our God, and that is against Poly- 
theism. 

4. That all our services and acts of worship to the true 
and only God be performed with sincerity and true devo- 
tion. This is implied in the expression, before me, or 

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I. Idolatry Forbidden. 

Ex. XX, 3. Thou shalt have no 
other gods before me. 

Ex. XXXIV, 14. For thou shalt 
worship no other God: for the 
Lord, whose name is Jealous, is 
a jealous God. 

Ex. XXIII, 13. And in all things 
that I have said unto you be cir- 
cumspect: and make no mention 
of the name of other gods, nei- 
ther let it be heard out of thy 
mouth. 

Ex. XXIII, 24. Thou shalt not 
bow down to their gods, nor serve 
them, nor do after their works: 
but thou shalt utterly overthrow 
them, and quite break down their 
images. 

Deut. IV, 15. Take ye therefore 
good heed unto yourselves; (for 
ye saw no manner of similitude 
on the day that the Lord spake 
unto you in Horeb out of the 
midst of the lire;) 

16. Lest ye corrupt yourselves, 
find make you a graven image, 
the similitude of any figure, the 
likeness of male or female, 

17. The likeness of any beast 
that is on the earth, the likeness 
of any winged fowl that flieth in 
the air, 

18. The likeness of any thing 
that creepeth on the ground, the 
likeness of any fish that is in the 
waters beneath the earth : 

19. And lest thou lift up thine 
eyes unto heaven, and when thou 
seest the sun, and the moon, and 
the stars, even all the host of 
heaven, shouldest be driven to 
worship them, and serve them, 
which the Lord thy God hath 
divided unto all nations under 
the whole heaven. 

Deut. vi, 14. Ye shall not go 
after other gods, of the gods of 
the people which are round about 
you; 

15. (For the Lord thy God is a 
jealous God among you;) lest the 
anger of the Lord thy God be 
kindled against thee, and destroy 
thee from oif the face of the earth. 



HosEA XIII, 4. Yet I am the 
Lord thy God from the land of 
Egypt, and thou shalt know no 
god but me; for there is no savior 
besides me, 

1 Cor. VIII, 4. As concerning 
therefore the eating of those 
things that are offered in sacrifice 
unto idols, we know that an idol is 
nothing in the world, and that 
there is none other God but one. 

5. For though there be that are 
called gods, whether in heaven 
or in earth, (as there be gods 
many, and lords many,) 

6. But to us there is but one 
God, the Father, of whom are all 
things, and we in him; and one 
Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are 
all things, and we by him. 

Ex. XXII, 20. He that sacrificeth 
unto any god, save unto the Lord 
only, he shall be utterly de- 
stroyed. 

2. God is to be Worshiped. 

Deut. xxvi, 10. And now, be- 
hold, I have brought the first- 
fruits of the land, which thou, 
Lord, hast given me : and thou 
shalt set it before the Lord thy 
God, and worship before the Lord 
thy God. 

2 Kings xvii, 36. But the Lord, 
who brought you up out of the 
land of Egypt with great power 
and a stretched-out arm, him 
shall ye fear, and him shall ye 
worship, and to him shall ye do 
sacrifice. 

Luke iv, 8. And Jesus answered 
and said unto him. Get thee be- 
hind me, Satan : for it is written, 
Thou shalt worship the Lord thy 
God, and him only shalt thou 
serve. 

John iv, 24. God is a Spirit : 
and they that worship him must 
worship him in spirit and in 
truth. 

1 Chron. XVI, 29. Give unto the 
Lord the glory due unto hi^ 
name : bring an offering, and 
come before him : worship the 
Lord in the beauty of holiness. 

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circumcision, which worship God 
in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ 
Jesus, and have no confidence in 
the flesh. 

Psalm xcv, 6. come, let us 
worship and bow down : let us 
kneel before the Lord our maker. 

3. Threatenings Against Idol- 
atry. 

Ex. XXII, 20. He that sacrificeth 
unto any god, save unto the Lord 
only, he shall be utterly de- 
stroyed. 

Lev. XX, 5. Then I will set my 
face against that man, and against 
his family, and wull cut him off, 
and all that go a whoring after 
him, to commit whoredom with 
Molech, from among their people. 

Deut. VIII, 19. And it shall be, 
if thou do at all forget the Lord 
thy God, and walk after other 
gods, and serve them, and wor- 
ship them, I testify against you 
this day that ye shall surely per- 
ish. 

1 Kings ix, 6. But if ye shall 
at all turn from following me, ye 
or your children, and will not 
keep my commandments and my 
statutes which I have set before 
you, but go and serve other gods, 
and worship them ; 

7. Then will I cut off Israel out 
of the land which I have given 
them ; and this house, which I 
have hallowed for my name, will 
I cast out of my sight ; and Israel 
shall be a proverb and a by-word 
among all people. 

Deut. xxviii, 15. But it shall 
come to pass, if thou wilt not 
hearken unto the voice of the 
Lord thy God, to observe to do all 
his commandments and his stat- 
utes which I command thee this 
day ; that all these curses shall 
come upon thee, and overtake 
thee : 

16. Cursed shalt thou be in the 
city, and cursed shalt thou be in 
the field. 

17. Cursed shall be thy basket 
and thy store. 

18. Cursed shall be the fruit of 



thy body, and the fruit of thy 
land, the increase of thy kine, 
and the flocks of thy sheep. 

29. Cursed shalt thou be when 
thou comest in, and cursed shalt 
thou be when thou goest out. 

Deut. vi, 14. Ye shall not go 
after other gods, of the gods of 
the people which are round about 
you. 

Deut. xxvii, 15. Cursed be the 
man that maketh any graven or 
molten image, an abomination 
unto the Lord, the work of the 
hands of the craftsman, and put- 
teth it in a secret place. And all 
the people shall answer and say, 
Amen. 

4. The Judgment of God /;/- 
flicted upon the Violators of this 
Comma?td. 

Deut. xxxii, 16. They provoked 
him to jealousy with strange 
gods, with abominations provoked 
they him to anger. 

17. They sacrificed unto devils, 
not to God ; to gods whom they 
knew not, to new gods that came 
newly up, whom your fathers 
feared not. 

Deut. xxxii, 19. And when the 
Lord saw it, he abhorred them, 
because of the provoking of his 
sons, and of his daughters. 

20. And he said, I will hide my 
face from them, I will see what 
their end shall be : for they are a 
very froward generation, children 
in whom is no faith. 

Judges ii, 11. And the children 
of Israel did evil in the sight of 
the Lord, and served Baalim : 

12. And they forsook the Lord 
God of their fathers, which brought 
them out of the land of Egypt, 
and followed other gods, of the 
gods of the people that were 
round about them, and bowed 
themselves unto them, and pro- 
voked the Lord to anger. 

13. And they forsook the Lord, 
and served Baal and Ashtaroth. 

Judges x, 6. And the children 
of Israel did evil again in the 
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Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the 
gods of Syria, and the gods of 
Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and 
the gods of the children of Am- 
nion, and the gods of the Philis- 
tines, and forsook the Lord, and 
served not him. 

7. And the anger of the Lord 
was hot against Israel, and he 
sold them into the hands of the 
Philistines, and into the hands of 
the children of Ammon. 

2 Kings xxii, 17. Because they 
have forsaken me, and have 
burned incense unto other gods, 
that they might provoke me to 
anger with all the works of their 
hands ; therefore my wrath shall 
be kindled against this place, and 
shall not be quenched. 

Jek. V, 9. Shall I not visit for 
these things ? saith the Lord : 
and shall not my soul be avenged 
on such a nation as this ? 

Jer. VII, 9. Will ye steal, mur- 
der, and commit adultery, and 
swear falsely, and burn incense 
unto Baal, and walk after other 
gods whom ye know not ; 

10. And come and stand before 
me in this house, which is called 
by my name, and say. We are de- 
livered to do all these abomina- 
tions ? 

Jer. VII, 20. Therefore thus 
saith the Lord God ; Behold, mine 
anger and my fury shall be 
poured out upon this place, upon 
man, and upon beast, and upon 
the trees of the field, and upon 
the fruit of the ground; and it 
shall burn, and shall not be 
quenched. 

EzEK. XX, 32. And that which 
cometh into your mind shall not 
be at all, that ye say. We will be 
as the heathen, as the families of 
the countries, to serve wood and 
stone. 

33.. As I live, saith the Lord 
God, surely with a mighty hand, 
and with a stretched out arm, and 
with fury poured out, will I rule 
over you. 

Zeph. I, 3. I will consume man 
and beast; I will consume the 



fowls of the heaven, and the 
fishes of the sea, and the stum- 
bling-blocks with the wicked; and 
I will cut off man from ofi" the 
land, saith the Lord. 

4. I will also stretch out mine 
hand upon Judah, and upon all 
the inhabitants of Jerusalem ; 
and I will cut ofi" the remnant of 
Baal from this place, and the 
name of the Chamarim with the 
priests ; 

5. And them that worship the 
host of heaven upon the house- 
tops ; and them that worship and 
them that swear by the Lord, and 
that swear by Malcham. 

5. Instances ijuhere Gocfs Judg- 
ments have been Visited upott 
Particular Transgressors of 
this Command, 

a. Jeroboam. 

1 Kings xii, 28. Whereupon the 
king took counsel, and made two 
calves of gold, and said unto 
them. It is too much for you to 'go 
up to Jerusalem : behold thy 
gods, Israel, which brought 
thee up out of the land of Egypt. 

29. And he set the one in 
Beth-el, and the other put he in 
Dan. 

30. And this thing became a 
sin : for the people went to wor- 
ship before the one, even unto 
Dan. 

1 Kings xiii, 33. After this thing 
Jeroboam returned not from his 
evil way, but made again of the 
lowest of the people priests of the 
high places : whosoever would, he 
consecrated him, and he became 
one of the priests of the high 
places. 

34. And this thing became sin 
unto the house of Jeroboam, even 
to cut it off, and to destroy it from 
off the face of the earth. 

6. Solomon. 

1 Kings xi, 1. But king Solo- 
mon loved many strange women, 
together with the daughter of 
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Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, 
and Hittites ; 

2. Of the nations concerning 
which the Lord said unto the 
children of Israel, Ye shall not go 
in to them, neither shall they 
come in unto you : for surely they 
will turn away your heart after 
their gods : Solomon clave unto 
these in loye. 

3. And he had seven hun- 
dred wives, princesses, and three 
hundred concubines : and his 
wives turned away his heart. 

4. For it came to pass, when 
Solomon was old, that his wives 
turned away his heart after other 
gods : and his heart was not per- 
fect with the Lord his God, as was 
the heart of David his father. 

5. For Solomon went after Ash- 
toreth the goddess of the Zidoni- 
ans, and after Milcom the abom- 
ination of the Ammonites. 

6. And Solomon did evil in the 
sight of the Lord, and went not 
fully after the Lord, as did David 
his father. 

7. Then did Solomon build a 
high place for Chemosh, the 
abomination of Moab, in the hill 
that is before Jerusalem, and for 
Molech, the abomination of the 
children of Ammon. 

8. And likewise did he for all 
his strange wives, which burnt 
incense and sacrificed unto their 
gods. 

9. And the Lord was angry 
with Solomon, because his heart 
was turned from the Lord God of 
Israel, which had appeared unto 
him twice, 

10. And had commanded him 
concerning this thing, that he 
should not go after other gods : 
but he kept not that which the 
Lord commanded. 

11. Wherefore the Lord said 
unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this 
is done of thee, and thou hast not 
kept my covenant and my stat- 
utes, which I have commanded 
thee, I will surely rend the king- 
dom from thee, and will give it to 
thy servant. 



c. Baasha. 

1 Kings xvi, 1. Then the word 
of the Lord came to Jehu the son 
of Hanani against Baasha, say- 

2. Forasmuch as I exalted thee 
out of the dust, and made thee 
prince over my people Israel ; and 
thou hast walked in the way of 
Jeroboam, and hast made my peo- 
ple Israel to sin, to provoke me to 
anger with their sins ; 

3. Behold, I will take away the 
posterity of Baasha, and the pos- 
terity of his house ; and will 
make thy house like the house of 
Jeroboam the son of ISTebat. 

4. Him that dieth of Baasha in 
the city shall the dogs eatj and 
him that dieth of his in the fields 
shall the fowls of the air eat. 

d. Ahab. 

1 Kings xvi, 30. And Ahab the 
son of Omri did evil in the sight 
of the Lord aboye all that were 
before him. 

1 Kings xvi, 33. And Ahab 
made a grove j and Ahab did 
more to provoke the Lord God of 
Israel to anger than all the kings 
of Israel that were before him. 

1 Kings xxi, 20. And Ahab said 
to Elijah, Hast thou found me, 
mine enemy? And he answered, 
I have found thee : because thou 
hast sold thyself to work evil in 
the sight of the Lord. 

21. Behold, I will bring evil 
upon thee, and will take away 
thy posterity, and will cut off 
from Ahab him that pisseth 
against the wall, and him that is 
shut up and left in Israel, 

22. And will make thine house 
like the house of Jeroboam the 
son of Nebat, and like the house 
of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for 
the provocation wherewith thou 
hast provoked me to anger, and 
made Israel to sin. 

2 Kings x, 11. So Jehu slew all 
that remained of the house of 
Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great 
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priests, until he left him none 
remaining. 

e. Ahaziah. 

2 Kings i, 2. And Ahaziah fell 
down through a lattice in his up- 
per chamber that was in Samaria, 
and was sick : and he sent mes- 
sengers, and said unto them, Go, 
inquire of Baal-zebub the god of 
Ekron whether I shall recover of 
this disease. 

3. But the angel of the Lord 
said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, 
go up to meet the messengers of 
the king of Samaria, and say 
unto them. Is it not because there 
is not a God in Israel, that ye go 
to inquire of Baal-zebub the god 
of Ekron ? 

4. Now therefore thus saith the 
Lord, Thou shalt not come down 
from that bed on which thou art 
gone up, but shalt surely die. 
And Elijah departed. 

2 Kings i, 16. And he said unto 
him. Thus saith the Lord, Foras- 
much as thou hast sent messen- 
gers to inquire of Baal-zebub the 
god of Ekron, is it not because 
there is no God in Israel to in- 
quire of his word ? therefore thou 
shalt not come down off that bed 
on which thou art gone up, but 
shalt surely die. 

17. So he died according to the 
word of the Lord which Elijah 
had spoken. And Jehoram reigned 
in his stead, in the second year of 
Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat 
king of Judah ; because he had 
no son. 

/. Jehoram. 

2 Chron. XXI, 11. Moreover he 
made high places in the mount- 
ains of Judah, and caused the in- 
habitants of Jerusalen to commit 
fornication, and compelled Judah 
thereto. 

12. And there came a writing 
to him from Elijah the prophet, 
saying, Thus saith the Lord God 
of David thy father. Because thou 
hast not walked in the ways of 
Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in 
the ways of Asa king of Judah, 



13. But hast walked in the way 
of the kings of Israel, and hast 
made Judah and the inhabitants 
of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like 
to the whoredoms of the house of 
Ahab, and also hast slain thy 
brethren of thy father's house, 
which were better than thyself: 

1'4. Behold, with a great plague 
will the Lord smite "thy people, 
and thy children, and thy wives, 
and all thy goods : 

15. And thou shalt have great 
sickness by disease of thy bowels, 
until thy bowels fall out by rea- 
son of the sickness day by day. 

2 Chron. xxi, 19. And it came 
to pass, that in process of time, 
after the end of two years, his 
bowels fell out by reason of his 
sickness : so he died of sore dis- 
eases. And his people made no 
burning for him, like the burning 
of his fathers. 

g. Manasseh. 

2 Kings xxi, 3. For he built up 

again the high places which Hez- 
ekiah his father had destroyed ; 
and he reared up altars for Baal, 
and made a grove, as did Ahab 
king of Israel ; and worshiped all 
the host of heaven, and served 
them. 

4. And he built altars in the 
house of the Lord, of which the 
Lord said. In Jerusalem will I 
put my name. 

5. And he built altars for all 
the host of heaven in the two 
courts of the house of the Lord. 

6. And he made his son pass 
through the fire, and observed 
times, and used enchantments, 
and dealt with familiar spirits 
and wizards : he wrought much 
wickedness in the sight of the 
Lord, to provoke him to anger. 

7. And he set a graven image 
of the grove that he had made in 
the house, of which the Lord said 
to David, and to Solomon his son. 
In this house, and in Jerusalem, 
which I have chosen out of all 
tribes of Israel, will I put my 
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2 Chron. XXXIII, 1. Manasseh 
was twelve years old when he be- 
gan to reign, and he reigned fifty 
and five years in Jerusalem : 

2. But did that which was evil 
in the sight of the Lord, like unto 
the abominations of the heathen, 
whom the Lord had cast out be- 
fore the children of Israel. 

3. For he built again the high 
places which Ilezekiah his father 
had broken down, and he reared 
up altars for Baalim, and made 
groves, and worshiped all the 
host of heaven, and served them. 

4. Also he built altars in the 
house of the Lord, whereof the 
Lord had said, In Jerusalem sh^ll 
my name be forever. 

5. And he built altars for all 
the host of heaven in the two 
courts of the house of the Lord. 

6. And he caused his children 
to pass through the fire in the 
valley of the son of Hinnom : 
also he observed times, and used 
enchantments, and used witch- 
craft, and dealt with a familiar 
spirit, and with wizards : he 
wrought much evil in the sight 
of the Lord, to provoke him to 
anger. 

7. And he set a carved image, 
the idol which he had made, in 
the house of God, of which God 
had said to I>avid and to Solomon 
his son. In this house, and in Je- 
rusalem, which I have chosen be- 
fore all the tribes of Israel, will I 
put my name forever : 

8. I^either will I any more re- 
move the foot of Israel from out 
of the land which I have ap- 
pointed for your fathers ; so that 
they will take heed to do all that 
I have commanded them, accord- 
ing to the whole law and the 
statutes and the ordinances by 
the hand of Moses. 

9. So Manasseh made Judah 
and the inhabitants of Jerusalem 
to err, and to do worse than the 
heathen, whom the Lord had de- 
stroyed before the children of 
Israel. 

10. And the Lord spake to 



Manasseh, and to his people: 
but they would not hearken. 

11. Wherefore the Lord brought 
upon them the captains of the 
host of the king of Assyria, 
which took Manasseh among the 
thorns, and bound him with fet- 
ters, and carried him to Babylon. 

h, Amaziah. 

2 Chron. XXV, 14. ISTow it came 
to pass, after that Amaziah was 
come from the slaughter of the 
Edomites, that he brought the 
gods of the children of Seir, and 
set them up to be his gods, and 
bowed down himself before them, 
and burned incense unto them. 

15. Wherefore the anger of the 
Lord was kindled against Ama- 
ziah, and he sent unto him a 
prophet, which said unto him. 
Why hast thou sought after the 
gods of the people, which could 
not deliver their own people out 
of thine hand ? 

16. And it came to pass, as he 
talked with him, that the king 
said unto him. Art thou made of 
the king's counsel ? forbear ; why 
shouldst thou be smitten ? Then 
the prophet forbare, and said, I 
know that God hath determined 
to destroy thee, because thou hast 
done this, and hast not hearkened 
unto my counsel. 

17. Then Amaziah king of Ju- 
dah took advice, and sent to Jo- 
ash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son 
of Jehu, king of Israel, saying. 
Come, let us see one another in 
the face. 

18. And Joash king of Israel 
sent to Amaziah king of Judah, 
saying,. The thistle that was in 
Lebanon sent to the cedar that 
was in Lebanon, saying. Give thy 
daughter to my son to wife : and 
there passed by a wild beast that 
was in Lebanon, and trod down 
the thistle. 

19. Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast 
smitten the Edomites ; and thine 
heart lifteth thee up to boast : 
abide now at home ; why shouldst 
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thou shouldest fall, even thou, and 
Jadah with thee ? 

20. But Amaziah would not 
hear ; for it came of God, that he 
might deliver them into the hand 
of their enemies, because they 
sought after the gods of Edom. 

i. Twenty-four thousand slain. 

KuM. XXV, 2. And they called 
the people unto the sacrifices of 
their gods : and the people did 
eat, and bowed down to their 
gods. 

3. And Israel joined himself 
unto Baal-peor : and the anger of 
the Lord was kindled against Is- 
rael. 

4. And the Lord said unto 
Moses, Take all the heads of the 
people, and hang them up before 
the Lord against the sun, that 
the fierce anger of the Lord may 
be turned away from Israel. 

6. And Moses said unto the 
judges of Israel,^ Slay ye every 
one his men that were joined unto 
Baal-peor. 

ISTuM. XXV, 9. And those that 
died in the plague were twenty 
and four thousand. 

i6. Idolatry Punished with 
Death. 

Deut. XIII, 1. If there arise 
among you a prophet, or a 
dreamer of dreams, and giveth 
thee a sign or a wonder, 

2. And the sign or the wonder 
come to pass, whereof he spake 
unto thee, saying, Let us go after 
other gods, whicJi thou hast not 
known, and let us serve them ; 

3. Thou shalt not hearken unto 
the words of that prophet, or that 
dreamer of dreams : for the Lord 
your God proveth you, to know 
whether ye love the Lord your 
God with all your heart and with 
all your soul. 

4. Ye shall walk after the Lord 
your God, and fear him, and keep 
his commandments, and obey his 
voice, and ye shall serve him, and 
cleave unto him. 

5. And that prophet, or that 



dreamer of dreams, shall be put 
to death ; because he hath spoken 
to turn you away from the Lord 
your God, which brought you out 
of the land of Egypt, and re- 
deemed you out of the house of 
bondage, to thrust thee out of the 
way which the Lord thy God 
commanded thee to walk in. So 
shalt thou put the evil away from 
the midst of thee. 

Deut. xviii, 20. But the prophet 
which shall presume to speak a 
word in my name, which I have 
not commanded him to speak, or 
that shall speak in the name of 
other gods, even that prophet 
shall die. 

Deut. xiii, 6. If thy brother, 
the son of thy mother, or thy son, 
or thy daughter, or the wife of 
thy bosom, or thy friend, which 
is as thine own soul, entice thee 
secretly, saying. Let us go and 
serve other gods, which thou hast 
not known, thou, nor thy fathers ; 

7. Namely, of the gods of the 
people which are round about 
you, nigh unto thee, or far off 
from thee, from the one end of 
the earth even unto the other end 
of the earth ; 

8. Thou shalt not consent unto 
him, nor hearken unto him ; nei- 
ther shall thine eye pity him, 
neither shalt thou spare, neither 
shalt thou conceal him : 

9. But thou shalt surely kill 
him; thine hand shall be first 
upon him to put him to death, 
and afterward the hand of all 
the people. 

10. And thou shalt stone him 
with stones, that he die ; because 
he hath sought to thrust thee 
away from the Lord thy God, 
which brought thee out of the 
land of Egypt, from the house of 
bondage. 

Deut. xiii, 12. If thou shalt 
hear say in one of thy cities, 
which the Lord thy God hath 
given thee to dwell there, saying, 

13. Certain men, the children 
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inhabitants of their city, saying, 
Let us go and serve other gods, 
which ye have not known ; 

14. Then shalt thou inquire, 
and make search, and ask dili- 
gently ; and, behold, if it be 
truth, and the thing certain^ that 
such abomination is wrought 
among you ; 

15. Thou shalt surely smite the 
inhabitants of that city with the 
edge of the sword, destroying it 
utterly, and all that is therein, 
and the cattle thereof, with the 
edge of the sword. 

16. And thou shalt gather all 
the spoil of it into the midst of 
the street thereof, and shalt burn 
with fire the city, and all the 
spoil thereof every whit, for the 
Lord thy God : and it shall be an 
heap forever -, it shall not be built 
again. 

7. Idols are but Vanity. 

Judges vi, 31. And Joash said 
unto all that stood against him. 
Will ye plead for Baal? will ye 
save him ? he that w^ill plead for 
him, let him be put to death 
whilst it is yet morning : if he be 
a god, Jet him plead for himself, 
because one hath cast down his 
altar. 

1 Kings xviii, 21. And Elijah 
came unto all the people, and 
said. How long halt ye between 
two opinions ? if the Lord be God, 
follow him : but if Baal, then fol- 
low him. And the people an- 
swered him not a w^ord. 

1 Kings xviii, 27. And it came 
to pass at noon, that Elijah 
mocked them, and said. Cry 
aloud : for he is a god ; either he 
is talking, or he is pursuing, or 
he is in a journey, or peradven- 
ture he sleepeth, and must be 
awaked. 

1 Chron. XVI, 26. For all the 
gods, of the people are idols : but 
the Lord made the heavens. 

Isaiah xli, 23. Shew the things 
that are to come hereafter, that 
we may know that ye are gods: 
yea, do good, or do evil, that we 



may be dismayed, and behold it 
together. 

Acts xix, 26. Moreover, ye see 
and hear, that not alone at Ephe- 
sus, but almost throughout all 
Asia, this Paul hath persuaded 
and turned away much people, 
saying, that they be no gods 
which are made with hands. 

Rom. i, 25. Who changed the 
truth of God into a lie, and wor- 
shiped and served the creature 
more than the Creator, who is 
blessed forever. Amen. 

Gal. IV, 8. Howbeit then, when 
ye knew not God, ye did service 
unto them which by nature are 
no gods. 

8. Against Inquiring Concern-. 
ING Future Events of false 
godsy and of those professing to 
have familiar spirits. 

Isaiah xliii, 23. Thou hast not 
brought me the small cattle of 
thy burnt-ofFeriDgs; neither hast 
thou honored me with thy sacri- 
fices. I have not caused thee to- 
serve with an offering, nor wea- 
ried thee with incense. 

2 Kings i, 2. And Ahaziah fell 
down through a lattice in the 
upper chamber that was in Sa- 
maria, and was sick : and he sent 
messengers, and said unto them, 
Go, inquire of Baal-zebub the god 
of Ekron whether I shall recover 
of this disease. 

3. But the angel of the Lord 
said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, 
go up to meet the messengers of 
the king of Samaria, and say unto 
them, Is it not because there is not 
a God in Israel, that ye go to in- 
quire of Baal-zebub the god of 
Ekron ? 

4. Now therefore thus saith the 
Lord, Thou shalt not come down 
from that bed on which thou art 
gone up, but shalt surely die. 
And Elijah departed. 

1 Sam. xxviii, 7. Then said 
Saul unto his servants, Seek me 
a woman that hath a familiar 
spirit, that I may go to her, and 
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said to him, Behold, there is a 
woman that hath a famLiliar spirit 
at En -dor. 

8. And Saul disguised himself, 
and put on other raiment, and 
he went, and two men with him, 
and they came to the woman by 
night: and he said, I pray thee, 
divine unto me by the familiar 
spirit, and bring me him up, 
whom I shall name unto thee. 

1 Chron. X, 13. So Saul died for 
his transgression which he com- 
mitted against the Lord, even 
against the word of the Lord, 
which he kept not, and also 
for asking counsel of one that 
had a familiar spirit, to inquire 
of it. 

Gen. XXXV, 2. Then Jacob said 
unto his household, and to all 
that were with him. Put away 
the strange gods that are among 
you, and be clean, and change 
your garments. 

Joshua xxiv, 14. ISTow therefore 
fear the Lord, and serve him in 
sincerity and in truth; and put 
away the gods which your fathers 
served on the other side of the 
flood, and in Egypt; and serve 
ye the Lord. 

Joshua xxiv, 23. Now therefore 
put away, said he, the strange 
gods which are among you, and 
incline your heart unto the Lord 
God of Israel. 

1 Sam. VII, 3. And Samuel spake 
unto all the house of Israel, say- 
ing. If ye do return unto the Lord 
with all your hearts, then put 
away the strange gods and Ash- 
taroth from among you, and pre- 
pare your hearts unto the Lord, 
and serve him only: and he will 
deliver you out of the hand of 
the Philistines. 

Judges x, 16. And they put 
away the strange gods from 
among them, and served the 
Lord: and his soul was grieved 
for the misery of Israel. 

2 Kings xxiii, 4. And the king 
conimanded Hilkiah the high 
priest, and the priests of the 
second order, and the keepers of 



the door, to bring forth out of the 
temple of the Lord all the vessels 
that were made for Baal, and for 
the grove, and for all the host of 
heaven: and he burned them 
without Jerusalem in the fields 
of Kidron, and carried the ashes 
of them unto Beth-el. 

5. And he put down the idola- 
trous priests, whom the kings of 
Judah had ordained to burn in- 
cense in the high places in the 
cities of Judah, and in the places 
round about Jerusalem ; them also 
that burned incense unto Baal, to 
the sun, and to the moon, and to 
the planets, and to all the host of 
heaven. 

2 Chron. xxxiii, 15. And he 
took away the strange gods, and 
the idol out of the house of the 
Lord, and all the altars that he 
had built in the mount of the 
house of the Lord, and in Jeru- 
salem, and cast them out of the 
city. 

HosEA XIV, 3. Asshur shall not 
save us: we will not ride upon 
horses: neither will we say any 
more to the work of our hands, 
Ye are our gods : for in thee the 
fatherless findeth mercy. 

9. This Command Requires Us 
TO HAVE A God, a7td is there- 
fore against Atheism, 

Psalm xiv, 1. The fool hath 
said in his heart, There is no 
God. They are corrupt, they 
have done abominable works, 
there is none that doeth good. 

Psalm liii, 1. The fool hath 
said in his heart, There is no 
God. Corrupt are they, and have 
done abominable iniquity: there 
is none that doeth good. 

RoM. I, 20. For the invisible 
things of him from the creation 
of the world are clearly seen, be- 
ing understood by the things that 
are made, even his eternal power 
and Godhead; so that they are 
without excuse. 

Acts xiv, 17. Nevertheless he 
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rain from heaven, and fruitful 
seasons, filling our hearts with 
food and gladness. 

Psalm xix, 1. The heavens de- 
clare the glory of God; and the 
firmament sheweth his handi- 
work. 

2. Day unto day uttereth 
speech, and night unto night 
sheweth knowledge. 

3. There is no speech nor lan- 
guage, where their voice is not 
heard. 

10. This Command Requires 
Supreme Love to God. 

Matt, xxii, 37. Jesus said unto 
him, Thou shalt love the Lord 
thy God with all thy heart, and 
with all thy soul, and with all 
thy mind. 



38. This is the first and great 
commandment. 

Rom. xni, 9. For this, Thou 
shalt not commit adultery. Thou 
shalt not kill. Thou shalt not 
steal. Thou shalt not bear false 
witness. Thou shalt not covet; 
and if there be any other com- 
mandment, it is briefly compre- 
hended in this saying, namely, 
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as 
thyself. 

10. Love worketh no ill to his 
neighbor: therefore love is the 
fulfilling of the law. 

Psalm xlii, 1. As the hart pant- 
eth after the water brooks, so pant- 
eth my soul after thee, God. 

2. My soul thirsteth for God, 
for the living God: when shall I 
come and appear before God? 



CHAPTER II. 



the; second commandment. 



Exodus xx, 4-6 : Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven imager or 
any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the 
earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth : thou shalt 
not boio down thyself to them, nor serve them : for I the Lord thy 
God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon 
the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that 
hate me; and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, 
and keep my commandments. 

This command prohibits the making of images to 
be used in religious worship, and the using of images 
in religious worship. It is not the engraver's skill, nor 
the printer's art, but the people's idolatry that is con- 
demned — not the ingenuity in making, but the stupid- 
ity in worshiping those dumb representatives that is 
here forbidden. The brazen serpent and the cherubim 
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according to the subject-matter of it, which is divine 
worship. It is not unlawful to represent, to the eye 
any visible thing by an artificial image of it, but when 
God says, Thou shalt not make, and thou shalt not wor- 
ship^ the meaning is, thou shalt not make any thing 
with an intention of worship, and thou shalt not wor- 
ship any thing which thou or others have made. 

As negative commands enjoin the performance of 
the opposite positive duties, so this command enjoins 
whatever appertains to the external and visible wor- 
ship of God, as the first command, by prohibiting the 
owning or cleaving to false gods, enjoins the acknowl- 
edging, and cleaving to, and spiritually worshiping the 
true God. 



I. The Use of Images For- 
bidden. 

Ex. XX, 4. Thou shalt not make 
unto thee any graven image, or 
any likeness of any thing that is 
in heaven above, or that is in the 
earth beneath, or that is in the 
water under the earth: 

5. Thou shalt not bow down 
thyself to them, nor serve them: 
for I the Lord thy God am a jeal- 
ous God, visiting the iniquity of 
the fathers upon the children 
unto the third and fourth gener- 
ation of them that hate me, 

Ex. XXXIV, 17. Thou shalt make 
thee no molten gods. 

Lev. XIX, 4. Turn ye not unto 
idols, nor make to yourselves 
molten gods : I am the Lord your 
God. 

Deut. IV, 16. Lest ye corrupt 
yourselves, and make you a 
graven image, the similitude of 
any figure, the likeness of male 
or female, 

17. The likeness of any beast 
that is on the earth, the likeness 
of any winged fowl that flieth in 
the air, 

18. The likeness of any thing 



thart creepeth on the ground, the 
likeness of any fish that is in the 
waters beneath the earth : 

19. And lest thou lift up thine 
eyes unto heaven, and when thou 
seest the sun, and the moon, and 
the stars, even all the host of 
heaven, shouldest be driven to 
worship them, and serve them, 
which the Lord thy God hath 
divided unto all nations under 
the whole heaven. 

Psalm xcvit, 7. Confounded be 
all they that serve graven images, 
that boast themselves of idols; 
worship him, all ye gods. 

Isaiah xlii, 8. I am the Lord: 
that is my name: and my glory 
will I not give to another, neither 
my praise to graven images. 

Eev. XIV, 9. And the third an- 
gel followed them, saying with a 
loud voice. If any man worship 
the beast and his image, and re- 
ceive his mark in his forehead, 
or in his hand, 

10. The same shall drink of 
the wine of the wrath of God, 
which is poured out without 
mixture into the cup of his in- 
dignation ; and he shall be tor- 
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in the presence of the holy an- 
gels, and in the presence of the 
Lamb. 

2. Images are no Representa- 
tion OF God. 

Deut. iy, 12. And the Lord 
spake unto you out of the midst 
of the fire : ye heard the voice of 
the words, but saw no similitude; 
only ye heard a voice. 

13. And he declared unto you 
his covenant, which he com- 
manded you to perform, even ten 
commandments ; and he wrote 
them upon two tables of stone. 

14. And the Lord commanded 
me at that time to teach you stat- 
utes and judgments, that ye 
might do them in the land 
whither ye go over to possess it. 

15. Take ye therefore good heed 
unto yourselves ; for ye saw no 
manner of similitude on the day 
that the Lord spake unto you in 
Horeb out of the midst of the 
fire; 

16. Lest ye corrupt yourselves, 
and make you a graven image, 
the similitude of any figure, the 
likeness of male or female, 

17. The likeness of any beast 
that is on the earth, the likeness 
of any winged fowl that flieth in 
the air, 

18. The likeness of any thing 
that creepeth on the ground, the 
likeness of any fish that is in the 
waters beneath the earth : 

19. And lest thou lift up thine 
eyes unto heaven, and when thou 
seest the sun, and the moon, and 
the stars, even all the host of 
heaven, shouldest be driven to 
worship them, and serve them, 
which the Lord thy God hath 
divided unto all nations under 
the whole heaven. 

Isaiah xl, 18. To whom then 
will ye liken God ? or what like- 
ness will ye compare unto him? 

Isaiah xl, 25. To whom then 
will ye liken me, or shall I be 
equal ? saith the Holy One. 

Isaiah xlvi, 5. To whom will 
ye liken me, and make me equal, 



and compare me, that we may be 
like? 

Acts xvii, 29. Forasmuch then 
as we are the ofl^spring of God, we 
ought not to think that the God- 
head is like unto gold, or silver, 
or stone, graven by art and man's 
device. 

Isaiah xl, 19. The workman 
melteth a graven image, and the 
goldsmith spreadeth it over with 
gold, and casteth silver chains. 

20. He that is so impoverished 
that he hath no oblation, chooseth 
a tree that will not rot ; he seek- 
eth unto him a cunning workman 
to prepare a graven image that 
shall not be moved. 

Isaiah xli, 29. Behold, they 
are all vanity ; their works are 
nothing : their molten images are 
wind and confusion. 

Jer. x, 8. But they are alto- 
gether brutish and foolish : the 
stock is a doctrine of vanities. 

9. Silver spread into plates is 
brought from Tarshish, and gold 
from Uphaz, the work of the 
workman, and of the hands of the 
founder : blue and purple is their 
clothing : they are all the work 
of cunning men. 

10. But the Lord is the true 
God, he is the living God, and an 
everlasting king : at his wrath 
the earth shall tremble, and the 
nations shall not be able to abide 
his indignation. 

11. Thus shall ye say unto 
them. The gods that have not 
made the heavens and the earth, 
even they shall perish from the 
earth, and from under these heav- 
ens. 

3. The Judgments of God upon 
the Violators of this Command. 

Ex. xxxii, 35. And the Lord 
plagued the people, because they 
made the calf, which Aaron 
made. 

2 KixGS XVII, 16. And they left 
all the commandments of the 
Lord their God, and made them 
molten images, even two calves, 
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all the host of heaven, and 
served Baal. 

17. And they caused their sons 
and their daughters to pass 
through the fire, and used divi- 
nation and enchantments, and 
sold themselves to do evil in the 
sight of the Lord, to provoke him 
to anger. 

18. Therefore the Lord was very 
angry with Israel, and removed 
them out of his sight : there was 
none left but the tribe of Judah 
only. 

2 Chron. XXVIII, 2. For he 
walked in the ways of the kings 
of Israel, and made also molten 
images for Baalim. 

3. Moreover he burnt incense 
in the valley of the son of Hin- 
nom, and burnt his children in 
the fire, after the abominations of 
the heathen whom the Lord had 
cast out before the children of 
Israel. 

4. He sacrificed also and burnt 
incense in the high places, and 
on the hills, and under every 
green tree. 

5. Wherefore the Lord his God 
delivered him into the hand of 
the king of Syria; and they 
smote him, and carried away a 
great multitude of them captives, 
and brought them to Damascus. 
And he was also delivered into 
the hand of the king of Israel, 
who smote him with a great 
slaughter. 

2 Chron. xxxiii, 7. And he set 
a carved image, the idol which 
he had made, in the house of God, 
of which God had said to David 
and to Solomon his son. In this 
house, and in Jerusalem, which I 
have chosen before all the tribes 
of Israel, will I put my name 
forever. 

2 Chron. xxxiii, 9. So Manas- 
seh made Judah and the inhabi- 
tants of Jerusalem to err, and to 
do worse than the heathen, whom 
the Lord had destroyed before the 
children of Israel. 

2 Chron. xxxiii, 11. Wherefore 
the Lord brought upon them the 



captains of the host of the king* 
of Assyria, which took Manasseh 
among the thorns, and bound him 
with fetters, and carried him to 
Babylon. 

2 Kings xxi, 7. And he set a 
graven image of the grove that he 
had made in the house, of which 
the Lord said to David, and to 
Solomon his son. In this house, 
and in Jerusalem, which I have 
chosen out of all the tribes of Is- 
rael, will I put my name for- 
ever: 

8. Neither will I make the feet 
of Israel move any more out of 
the land which I gave their fa- 
thers ; only if they will observe 
to do according to all that I have 
commanded them, and according 
to all the law that my servant 
Moses commanded them. 

9. But they hearkened not: 
and Manasseh seduced them to 
do more evil than did the nations 
whom the Lord destroyed before 
the children of Israel. 

10. And the Lord spake by his 
servants and prophets, saying, 

11. Because Manasseh king of 
Judah hath done these abomina- 
tions, and hath done wickedly 
above all that the Amorites did, 
which were before him, and hath 
made Judah also to sin with his 
idols : 

12. Therefore thus saith the 
Lord God of Israel, Behold, I am 
bringing such evil upon Jerusa- 
lem and Judah, that whosoever 
heareth of it, both his ears shall 
tingle. 

Psalm lxxviii, 58. For they 
provoked him to anger with their 
high places, and moved him to 
jealousy with their graven im 
ages. 

59. When God heard this, he 
was wroth, and greatly abhorred 
Israel. 

Amos v, 26. But ye have borne 
the tabernacle of your Moloch 
and Chiun your images, the star 
of your god, which ye made to 
yourselves. 

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to go into captivity beyond Da- 
mascus, saith the Lord, whose 
najne is The God of hosts. 

EoM. I, 23. And changed the 
glory of the incorruptible God 
into an image made like to cor- 
ruptible man, and to birds, and 
four-footed beasts, and creeping 
things. 

24. Wherefore God also gave 
them up to uncleanness, through 
the lusts of their own hearts, to 
dishonor their own bodies be- 
tween themselves. 

4. Images used by Apostates as 
Outward Symbols in worship 
Offered to the t7'iie God. 

Ex. XXXII, 4. And he received 
them at their hand, and fashioned 
it with a graving tool, after he 
had made it a molten calf: and 
they said. These be thy gods, 
Israel, w^hich brought thee up out 
of the land of Egypt. 

5. And when Aaron saw it, he 
built an altar before it ; and Aaron 
made proclamation, and said, To- 
morrow is a feast to the Lord. 

Xeh. IX, 18. Yea, when they 
had made them a molten calf, and 
said. This is thy god that brought 
thee up out of Egypt, and had 
wrought great provocations. 

Judges xvii, 3. And when he 
had restored the eleven hundred 
skekels of silver to his mother, 
his mother said, I have wholly 
dedicated the silver unto the 
Lord from my hand for my son, 
to make a graven image and a 
molten image : now therefore I 
will restore it unto thee. 

4. Yet he restored the money 
unto his mother; and his mother 
took two hundred shekels of sil- 
ver, and gave them to the 
founder, who made thereof a 
graven image and a molten im- 
age : and they were in the house 
of Micah. 

5. And the man Micah had a 
house of gods, and made an ephod, 
and teraphim, and consecrated 
one of his sons, who became his 
priest. 



Judges xviii, 30. And the chil- 
dren of Dan set up the graven 
image : and Jonathan, the son of 
Gershom, the son of Manasseh, 
he and his sons were priests to 
the tribe of Dan until the day of 
the captivity of the land. 

31. And they set them up Mi- 
cah's graven image, which he 
made, all the time that the house 
of God was in Shiloh. 

1 Kings xii, 26. And Jeroboam 
said in his heart, Xow shall the 
kingdom return to the house of 
David : 

27. If this people go up to do 
sacrifice in the house of the Lord 
at Jerusalem, then shall the heart 
of this people turn again unto 
their lord, even unto Eehoboam 
king of Judah, and they shall 
kill me, and go again to Eeho- 
boam king of Judah. 

28. Whereupon the king took 
counsel, and made two calves of 
gold, and said unto them. It is 
too much for you to go up to Je- 
rusalem : behold thy gods, Is- 
rael, which brought thee up out 
of the land of Egypt. 

29. And he set the one in 
Beth-el, and the other put he in 
Dan. 

30. And this thing became a 
sin : for the people went to wor- 
ship before the one, even unto 
Dan. 

31. And he made a house of 
high places, and made priests of 
the lowest of the people, which 
were not of the sons of Levi. 

32. And Jeroboam ordained a 
feast in the eighth month, on the 
fifteenth day of the month, like 
unto the feast that is in Judah, 
and he offered upon the altar. So 
did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto 
the calves that he had made : and 
he placed in Beth-el, the priests 
of the high places which he had 
made. 

33. So he offered upon the altar 
which he had made in Beth-el 
the fifteenth day of the eighth 
month, even in the month which 
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and ordained a feast unto the 
children of Israel : and he offered 
upon the altar, and burnt in- 
cense. 

5. Images not to be Worshiped, 

though enjoined by human au- 
thority. 

Ban. Ill, 18. But if not, be it 
known unto thee, king, that 
we will not serve thy gods, nor 
worship the golden image which 
thou hast set up. 

1 Kings xix, 18. Yet I have left 
me seven thousand in Israel, all 
the knees which have not bowed 
unto Baal, and every mouth which 
hath not kissed him. 

RoM. II, 4. But what saith the 
answer of God unto him? I have 
reserved to myself seven thou- 
sand men, who have not bowed 
the knee to the image of Baal. 

Rev. XV, 2. And I saw as it 
were a sea of glass mingled with 
fire; and them that had gotten 
the victory over the beast, and 
over his image, and over his 
mark, and over the number of 
his name, stand on the sea of 
glass, having the harps of God. 

Rev. XX, 4. And I saw thrones, 
and they sat upon them, and 
judgment was given unto them: 
and I saw the souls of them that 
were beheaded for the witness of 
Jesus, and for the Word of God, 
and which had not worshiped the 
beast, neither his image, neither 
had received his mark upon their 
ibreheads, or in their hands; and 
they lived and reigned with Christ 
a thousand years. 

6. Threatenings Against Idol- 

aters. 

Isaiah ii, 8. Their land also is 
full of idols; they worship the 
work of their own hands, that 
which their own fingers have 
made: 

9. And the mean man boweth 
down, and tHe great man hum- 
bleth himself: therefore forgive 
them not. 

Isaiah xxvii, 11. When the 



boughs thereof are withered, 
they shall be broken off: the 
women come, and set them on 
fire: for it is a people of no un- 
derstanding: therefore he that 
made them will not have mercy 
on them, and he that formed 
them will shew them no favor. 

Isaiah ii, 20. In that day a 
man shall cast his idols of sil- 
ver, and his idols of gold, which 
they made each one for himself 
to worship, to the moles and to 
the bats. 

Isaiah xix, 3. And the spirit 
of Egypt shall fail in the midst 
thereof; and I will destroy the 
counsel thereof; and they shall 
seek to the idols, and to the 
charmers, and to them that have 
familiar spirits, and to the wiz- 
ards. 

Zeph. I, 3. I will consume man 
and beast; I will consume the 
fowls of the heaven, and the 
fishes of the sea, and the stum- 
bling-blocks with the wicked; 
and I will cut off man from off 
the land, saith the Lord. 

EzEK. XIV, 4. Therefore speak 
unto them, and say unto them. 
Thus saith the Lord God ; Every 
man of the house of Israel that 
setteth up his idols in his heart, 
and putteth the stumbling-block 
of his iniquity before his face, 
and cometh to the prophet; I the 
Lord will answer him that com- 
eth according to the multitude of 
his idols; 

5. That I may take the house 
of Israel in their own heart, be- 
cause they are all estranged from 
me through their idols. 

6. Therefore say unto the house 
of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God ; 
Repent, and turn yourselves from 
your idols; and turn away your 
faces from all your abominations. 

7. For every one of the house 
of Israel, or of the stranger that 
sojourn eth in Israel, which sepa- 
rateth himself from me, and set- 
teth up his idols in his heart, and 
putteth the stumbling-block of 
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cometh to a prophet to inquire of 
him concerning me; I the Lord 
will answer him by myself. 

Zeph. I, 4. Be ye not as your 
fathers, unto whom the former 
prophets have cried, saying, Thus 
saith the Lord of hosts ; Turn ye 
now from your evil ways, and 
from your evil doings : but they 
did not hear, nor hearken unto 
me, saith the Lord. 

5. Your fathers, where are 
they? and the prophets, do they 
live forever? 

Zech. XIII, 2. And it shall come 
to pass in that day, saith the Lord 
of hosts, that I will cut off the 
names of the idols out of the 
land, and they shall no more be 
remembered: and also I will 
cause the prophets and the un- 
clean spirit to pass out of the 
land. 

1 Cor. VI, 9. Know ye not that 
the unrighteous shall not inherit 
the kingdom of God? Be not de- 
ceived; neither fornicators, nor 
idolaters, nor adulterers, nor ef- 
feminate, nor abusers of them- 
selves with mankind. 

Eph. V, 5. For this ye know, 
that no whoremonger, nor un- 
clean person, nor covetous man, 
who is an idolater, hath any 
inheritance in the kingdom of 
Christ and of God. 

Eev. XXI, 8. But the fearful, and 
unbelieving, and the abominable, 
and murderers, and whoremon- 
gers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, 
and all liars, shall have their part 
in the lake which burneth with 
fire and brimstone: which is the 
second death. 

Eev. XXII, 15. For without are 
dogs, and sorcerers, and whore- 
mongers, and murderers, and 
idolaters, and whosoever loveth 
and maketh a lie. 

Acts xv, 20. But that we write 
unto them, that they abstain from 
pollutions of idols, and from for- 
nication, and from things stran- 
gled, and from blood. 

1 Cor. V, 11. But now I have 
written unto you not to keep 



company, if any man that is 
called a brother be a fornicator, 
or covetous, or an idolater, or a 
railer, or a drunkard, or an ex- 
tortioner; with such a one no not 
to eat. 

2 CoR. VI, 16. And what agree- 
ment hath the temple of God 
with idols? for ye are the temple 
of the living God; as God hath 
said, I will dwell in them, and 
walk in them; and I will be 
their God, and they shall be my 
people. 

1 John v, 21. Little chil- 
dren, keep yourselves from idols. 
Amen. 

HosEA IV, 17. Ephraim is joined 
to idols: let him alone. 

EzEK. XXXVI, 18. Wherefore I 
poured my fury upon them for 
the blood that they had shed 
upon the land, and for their idols 
wherewith they had polluted it. 

7. The followmg crimes partake of 
the nattire of Idolatry^ a7td are 
conseque7itly FORBIDDEN BY 
THIS Command, 

(1.) Magic. 

Ex. VII, 11. Then Pharaoh also 
called the wise men and the sor- 
cerers : now the magicians of 
Egypt, they also did in like man- 
ner with their enchantments. 

12. For they cast down every 
man his rod, and they became 
serpents : but Aaron^s rod swal- 
lowed up their rods. 

Gen. xli, 8. And it came to pass 
in the morning that his spirit was 
troubled ; and he sent and called 
for all the magicians of Egypt, 
and all the wise men thereof: 
and Pharaoh told them his dream ; 
but there was none that could in- 
terpret them unto Pharaoh. 

Ex. VII, 19. And the Lord spake 
unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, 
Take thy rod, and stretch out 
thine hand upon the waters of 
Egypt, upon their streams, upon 
their rivers, and upon their 
ponds, and upon all their pools 
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blood ; and that there may be 
blood throughout all the land of 
Egypt, both in vessels of wood, 
and in vessels of stone. 

20. And Moses and Aaron did 
so, as the Lord commanded ; and 
he lifted up the rod, and smote 
the waters that were in the river, 
in the sight of Pharaoh, and in 
the sight of his servants ; and all 
the waters that were in the river 
were turned to blood. 

21. And the fish that was in 
the river died ; and the river 
stank, and the Egyptians could 
not drink of the water of the 
river ; and there was blood 
throughout all the land of Egypt. 

22. And the magicians of Egypt 
did so with their enchantments : 
and Pharaoh's heart was hard- 
ened, neither did he hearken unto 
them ; as the Lord had said. 

Dan. I, 20. And in all matters 
of wisdom and understanding, 
that the king inquired of them, 
he found them ten times better 
than all the magicians and astrol- 
ogers that were in all his realm. 

Dan. IV, 7. Then came in the 
magicians, the astrologers, the 
Chaldeans, and the soothsayers : 
and I told the dream before them ; 
but they did not make known 
unto me the interpretation there- 
of. 

Dan. IV, 9. Belteshazzar, 
master of the magicians, because 
I know that the spirit of the holy 
gods is in thee, and no secret 
troubleth thee, tell me the visions 
of my dream that I have seen, 
and the interpretation thereof. 

Ex. VIII, 16. And the Lord said 
unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, 
Stretch out thy rod, and smite 
the dust of the land, that it may 
become lice throughout all the 
land of Egypt. 

17. And they did so ; for Aaron 
stretched out his hand with his 
rod, and smote the dust of the 
earth, and it became lice in man, 
and in beast; all the dust of the 
land became lice throughout all 
the land of Egy]3t. 



18. And the magicians did so 
with their enchantments to bring 
forth lice, but they could not : so 
there were lice upon man, and 
upon beast. 

19. Then the .magicians said 
unto Pharaoh, This is the finger 
of God : and Pharaoh's heart was 
hardened, and he hearkened not 
unto them ; as the Lord had said. 

Ex. IX, 8. And the Lord said 
unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take 
to you handfuls of ashes of the 
furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it 
toward the heaven in the sight of 
Pharaoh. 

9. And it shall become small 
dust in all the. land of Egypt, 
and shall be a boil breaking forth 
with blains upon man, and upon 
beast, throughout all the land of 

Egypt. 

10. And they took ashes of the 
furnace, and stood before Pha- 
raoh ; and Moses sprinkled it up 
toward heaven ; and it became a 
boil breaking forth with blains 
upon man, and upon beast. 

11. And the magicians could 
not stand before Moses because 
of the boils ; for the boil was 
upon the magicians, and upon all 
the Egyptians. 

[Note. — See all the plagues upon 
the E.iryptians in the seventh, eighth, 
and ninth chapters of Exodus.] 

Dan. II, 2. Then the king com- 
manded to call the magicians, 
and the astrologers, and the sor- 
cerers, and the Chaldeans, for to 
show the king his dreams. So 
they came and stood before the 
king. 

3. And the king said unto them, 
I have dreamed a dream, and my 
spirit was troubled to know the 
dream. 

4. Then spake the Chaldeans 
to the king in Syriac, king, live 
forever : tell thy servants the 
dream, and we will show the in- 
terpretation. 

5. The king answered and said 
to the Chaldeans, The thing is 
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make known unto me the dream, 
with the interpretation thereof, 
ye shall be cut in pieces, and 
your houses shall be made a 
dunghill : 

6. But if ye shew the dream, 
and the interpretation thereof, ye 
shall receive of me gifts and re- 
wards and great honor ; therefore 
shew me the dream, and the in- 
terpretation thereof. 

7. They answered again and 
said, Let the king tell his ser- 
vants the dream, and we will 
shew the interpretation of it. 

8. The king answered and said, 
I know of certainty that ye would 
gain the time, because ye see the 
thing is gone from me. 

9. But if ye will not make 
known unto me the dream, there 
is but one decree for you : for ye 
have prepared lying and corrupt 
words to speak before me, till the 
time be changed ; therefore tell 
me the dream, and I shall know 
that ye can shew me the interpre- 
tation thereof. 

10. The Chaldeans answered 
before the king, and said. There 
is not a man upon the earth that 
can show the king's matter : 
therefore there is no king, lord, 
nor ruler, that asked such things 
at any magician, or astrologer, 
or Chaldean. 

11. And it is a rare thing that 
the king requireth, and there is 
none other that can show it before 
the king, except the gods, whose 
dwelling is not with flesh. 

12. For this cause the king was 
angry and very furious, and com- 
manded to destroy all the wise 
men of Babylon. 

(2.) Sorcery, 

Mal. Ill, 5. And I will come 
near to you to judgment : and I 
will be a swift witness against the 
sorcerers, and against the adul- 
terers, and against false swearers, 
and against those that oppress the 
hireling in his wages, the widow, 
and the fatherless, and that turn 
aside the stranger from his right, 



and fear not me, saith the Lord 
of hosts. 

Rev. XXI, 8. But the fearful, and 
unbelieving, and the abominable, 
and murderers, and whoremon- 
gers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, 
and all liars, shall have their part 
in the lake which burneth with 
fire and brimstone : which is the 
second death. 

Rev. XXII, 15. For without are 
dogs, and sorcerers, and whore- 
mongers, and murderers, and 
idolaters, and whosoever loveth 
and maketh a lie. 

Isaiah xlvii, 9. But these two 
things shall come to thee in a 
moment in one day, the loss of 
children, and widowhood: they 
shall come upon thee in their per- 
fection for the multitude of thy 
sorceries, and for the great abund- 
ance of thine enchantments. 

Rev. IX, 20. And the rest of the 
men which were not killed by 
these plagues yet repented not of 
the works of their hands, that 
they should not worship devils, 
and idols of gold, and silver, and 
brass, and stone, and of wood ; 
which neither can see, nor hear, 
nor walk ; 

21. Keither repented they of 
their murders, nor of their sor- 
ceries, nor of their fornication, 
nor of their thefts. 

Acts xiii, 6. And when they 
had gone through the isle unto 
Paphos, they found a certain sor- 
cerer, a false prophet, a Jew, 
whose name was Bar-jesus : 

7. Which was with the deputy 
of the country, Sergius Paulus, a 
prudent man ; who called for 
Barnabas and Saul, and desired 
to hear the Word of God. 

8. But Ely mas the sorcerer (for 
so is his name by interpretation) 
withstood them, seeking to turn 
away the deputy from the faith. 

9. Then Saul, (who also is called 
Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, 
set his eyes on him, 

10. And said, full of all sub- 
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righteousness, wilt thou not cease 
to pervert the right ways of the 
Lord? 

11. And now, behold, the hand 
of the Lord is upon thee, and 
thou shalt be blind, not seeing 
the sun for a season. And imme- 
diately there fell on him a mist 
and a darkness ; and he went 
about seeking some to lead him 
by the hand. 

(3.) Enchantments. 

Lev. XIX, 26. Ye shall not eat 
any thing with the blood : neither 
shall ye use enchantment, nor 
observe times. 

ISTuM. XXIII, 23. Surely there is 
no enchantment against Jacob, 
neither is there any divination 
against Israel : according to this 
time it shall be said of Jacob 
and of Israel, What hath God 

WTOUght 1 

(4.) Soothsaying. 

Isaiah ii, 6. Therefore thou 
hast forsaken thy people the 
house of Jacob, because they be 
replenished from the east, and 
are soothsayers like the Philis- 
tines, and they please themselves 
in the childi-en of strangers. 

Mich, v, 12. And I will cut off 
witchcrafts out of thine hand ] 
and thou shalt have no more 
soothsayers. 

John xiii, 22. Balaam also the 
son of Beor, the soothsayer, did 
the children of Israel slay with 
the sword among them that were 
slain by them. 

Dan. V, 7. The king cried aloud 
to bring in the astrologers, the 
Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. 
And the king spake, and said to 
the wise men of Babylon, Whoso- 
ever shall read this writing, and 
shew me the interpretation there- 
of, shall be clothed with scarlet, 
and have a chain of gold about 
his neck, and shall be the third 
ruler in the kingdom. 

8. Then came in all the king's 
wise men : but they could not 
read the writing, nor make known 



to the king the interpretation 
thereof. 

Acts xvi, 16. And it came to 
pass, as we went to prayer, a cer- 
tain damsel possessed with a 
spirit of divination met us, which 
brought her masters much gain 
by soothsaying : 

17. The same followed Paul and 
us, and cried, saying. These men 
are the servants of the most high 
God, which shew unto us the way 
of salvation. 

18. And this did she many 
days. But Paul, being grieved, 
turned and said to the spirit, I 
command thee in the name of 
Jesus Christ to come out of her. 
And he came out the same hour. 

(5.) Observance of times. 

Lev. XIX, 26. Ye shall not eat 
any thing with the blood : nei- 
ther shall ye use enchantment, 
nor observe times. 

Deut. XVIII, 10. There shall not 
be found among you any one that 
maketh his son or his daughter 
to pass through the fire, or that 
useth divination, or an observer 
of times, or an enchanter, or a 
witch. 

Deut. xviii, 14. For these na- 
tions, which thou shalt possess, 
hearkened unto observers of 
times, and unto diviners : but as 
for thee, the Lord thy God hath 
not suffered thee so to do. 

Gal. IV, 10. Ye observe days, 
and months, and times, and 
years. 

11. I am afraid of you, lest I 
have bestowed upon you labor in 
vain. 

2 Kings xxi, 6. And he made 
his son pass through the fire, and 
observed times, and used enchant- 
ments, and dealt with familiar 
spirits and wizards : he wrought 
much wickedness in the sight of 
the Lord, to provoke him to 
anger. 

(6.) Witchcraft. 

Ex. XXII, 18. Thou shalt not 
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Deut. XVIII, 10. There shall not 
he found among you any one that 
maketh his son or his daughter 
to pass through the fire, or that 
useth divination, or an observer 
of times, or an enchanter, or a 
witch, 

11. Or a charmer, or a consulter 
with familiar spirits, or a wizard, 
or a necromancer. 

Isaiah xlvii, 9. But these two 
things shall come to thee in a 
moment in one day, the loss of 
children, and widowhood : they 
shall come upon thee in their 
perfection for the multitude of 
thy sorceries, and for the great 
abundance of thine enchant- 
ments. 

10. For thou hast trusted in 
thy wickedness : thou hast said, 
l^one seeth me. Thy wisdom and 
thy knowledge, it hath perverted 
thee ; and thou hast said in thine 
heart, I am, and none else beside 
me. 

11. Therefore shall evil come 
upon thee ; thou shalt not know 
from whence it riseth : and mis- 
chief shall fall upon thee ; thou 
shalt not be able to put it off: and 
desolation shall come upon thee 
suddenly, which thou shalt not 
know. 

12. Stand now with thine en- 
chantments, and with the multi- 
tude of thy sorceries, wherein 
thou hast labored from thy youth ; 
if so be thou shalt be able to 
profit, if so be thou mayest pre- 
vail. 

13. Thou art wearied in the 
multitude of thy counsels. Let 
now the astrologers, the stargaz- 
ers, the monthly prognosticators, 
stand up, and save thee from 
these things that shall come upon 
thee. 

14. Behold, they shall be as 
stubble ; the fire shall burn them ; 
they shall not deliver themselves 
from the power of the flame : 
there shall not be a coal to warm 
at, nor fire to sit before it. 

Gal. V, 19. Now the works of 
the flesh are manifest, which are 



these. Adultery, fornication, un- 
cleanness, lasciviousness, 

20. Idolatry, witchcraft, ha- 
tred, variance, emulations, wrath, 
strife, seditions, heresies, 

21. Envyings, murders, drunk- 
enness, revelings, and such like: 
of the which I tell you before, as 
I have also told you in time past, 
that they which do such things 
shall not inherit the kingdom of 
God. 

Mich, v, 12. And I will cut off 
witchcrafts out of thine hand; 
and thou shalt have no more 
soothsayers. 

Nahum III, 4. Because of the 
multitude of the whoredoms of 
the well-favored harlot, the mis- 
tress of witchcrafts, that selleth 
nations through her whoredoms, 
and families through her witch- 
crafts. 

5. Behold, I am against thee, 
saith the Lord of hosts ; and I 
will discover thy skirts upon thy 
face, and I will shew the nations 
thy nakedness, and the kingdoms 
thy shame. 

6. And I will cast abominable 
filth upon thee, and make thee 
vile, and will set thee as a gazing- 
stock. 

Lev. XIX, 31. Eegard not them 
that have familiar spirits, neither 
seek after wizards, to be defiled 
by them: I am the Lord your 
God. 

Lev. XX, 6. And the soul that 
turneth after such as have famil- 
iar spirits, and after wizards, to 
go a whoring after them, I will 
even set my face against that 
soul, and will cut him off from 
among his people. 

Isaiah viii, 19. And when they 
shall say unto you. Seek unto 
them that have familiar spirits, 
and unto wizards that peep and 
that mutter: should not a people 
seek unto their God? for the liv- 
ing to the dead? 

Deut. xviii, 10. There shall not 
be found among you any one that 
maketh his son or his daughter 
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useth divination, or an observer of 
times, or an enchanter, or a witch, 

11. Or a charmer, or a cou- 
sulter with familiar spirits, or a 
wizard, or a necromancer. 

12. For all that do these things 
are an abomination unto the Lord : 
and because of these abomina- 
tions the Lord thy God doth drive 
them out from before thee. 

Lev. XVII, 7. And they shall no 
more offer their sacrifices unto 
devils, after whom they have 
gone a whoring. This shall be 
a statute forever unto them 
throughout their generations. 

(7.) Divination. 

Num. xxu, 7. And the elders of 
Moab and the elders of Midi an 
departed with the rewards of di- 
vination in their hand ; and they 
came unto Balaam, and spake 
unto him the words of Balak. 

EzEK. XXI, 21. For the king of 
Babylon stood at the parting of 
the way, at the head of the two 
ways, to use divination : he made 
his arrows bright, he consulted 
with images, he looked in the 
liver. 

Deut. XVIII, 14. For these na- 
tions, which thou shalt possess, 
hearkened unto observers of 
times, and unto diviners : but as 
for thee, the Lord thy God hath 
not suffered thee so to do. 

Jer. XIV, 14. Then the Lord 
said unto me. The prophets 
prophesy lies in my name: I sent 
them not, neither have I com- 
manded them, neither spake unto 
them: they prophesy unto 3^ou a 
false vision and divination, and a 
thing of nought, and the deceit 
of their heart. 

Jer. XXVII, 9. Therefore hearken 
not ye to your prophets, nor to 
your diviners, nor to your dream- 
ers, nor to your enchanters, nor 
to your sorcerers, which speak 
unto you, saying. Ye shall not \ 
Berve the king of Babylon : j 

10. For they prophesy a lie 
unto you, to remove you far from 
your land; and that I should 



drive you out, and ye should 
perish. 

Jer. XXIX, 8. For thus saith the 
Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ; 
Let not your prophets and your 
diviners, that be in the midst of 
you, deceive you, neither hearken 
to your dreams which ye cause to 
be dreamed. 

9. For they prophesy falsely 
unto you in my name : I have not 
sent them, saith the Lord. 

Isaiah xliv, 25. That frustrat- 
eth the tokens of the liars, and 
maketh diviners mad; thatturn- 
eth wise men backward, and 
maketh their knowledge foolish. 

(8.) Consulting familiar spirits. 

Lev. XIX, 31. Eegard not them 
that have familiar spirits, neither 
seek after wizards, to be defiled by 
them: I am the Lord your God. 

Lev. XX, 6. And the soul that 
turneth after such as have famil- 
iar spirits, and after wizards, to 
go a whoring after them, I will 
even set my face against that 
soul, and will cut him off from 
among his people. 

Lev. XX, 27. A man also or 
woman that hath a familiar spirit, 
or that is a wizard, shall surely 
be put to death: they shall stone 
them with stones; their blood 
shall be upon them. 

Isaiah viii, 19. And when they 
shall say unto you, Seek unto 
them that have familiar spirits, 
and unto wizards that peep and 
that mutter : should not a people 
seek unto their God? for the liv- 
ing to the dead? 

Isaiah xix, 3. And the spirit of 
Egypt shall fail in the midst 
thereof; and I will destroy the 
counsel thereof: and they shall 
seek to the idols, and to the 
charmers, and to them that have 
familiar spirits, and to the wiz- 
ards. 

Isaiah xxix, 4. And thou shalt 
be brought down, and shalt speak 
out of the ground, and thy speech 
sliall be low out of the dust, and 
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bath a familiar spirit, out of the 
ground, and thy speech shall 
whisper out of the dust. 

8, Idolatry is Debasing. 

2 Kings xvi, 3. But he walked 
in the way of the kings of Israel, 
yea, and made his sons to pass 
through the fire, according to the 
abominations of the heathen, 
-whom the Lord cast out from be- 
fore the children of Israel. 

Ezra vi, 21. And the children 
of Israel, which were come again 
out of captivity, and all such as 
had separated themselves unto 
them from the filthiness of the 
heathen of the land, to seek the 
Lord God of Israel, did eat. 

EoM. I, 21. Because that, when 
they knew God, they glorified him 
not as God, neither were thank- 
ful; but became vain in their im- 
aginations, and their foolish heart 
was darkened. 

22. Professing themselves to be 
wise, they became fools, 

23. And changed the glory of 
the uncorruptible God into an 
image made like to corruptible 
man, and to birds, and four-footed 
beasts, and creeping things. 



24. Wherefore God also gave 
them up to uncleanness, through 
the lusts of their own hearts, to 
dishonor their own bodies be- 
tween themselves. 

EoM. I, 29. Being filled with 
all unrighteousness, fornication, 
wickedness, covetousness, mali- 
ciousness : full of envy, murder, 
debate, deceit, malignity ; whis- 
perers, 

30. Backbiters, haters of God, 
despiteful, proud, boasters, in- 
ventors of evil things, disob.edient 
to parents, 

31. Without understanding, cov- 
enant-breakers, without natural 
afi'ection, implacable, unmerciful. 

Eph. IV, 17. This I say there- 
fore, and testify in the Lord, that 
ye henceforth walk not as other 
Gentiles walk, in the vanity of 
their mind, 

18. Having the understanding 
darkened, being alienated from 
the life of God through the ig- 
norance that is in them, because 
of the blindness of their heart: 

19. Who being past /eeling 
have given themselves over unto 
lasciviousness, to work all un- 
cleanness with greediness. 



CHAPTER III. 



THE THIRD COMMANDMENT. 



Exodus xx, 7 : Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in 
vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name 



%n vain. 



The term name is sometimes taken for the nature and 
being of the Deity itself. Psalm xx, 1: "The name of 
the G-od of Jacob defend thee." That is, God himself 
defend thee. Psalm cxxxv, 3: -'Sing praises unto his 
name." Psalm cxv, 1: "Not unto us, O Lord, not unto 
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"And that repentance and remission of sins should be 
preached in his name among all nations." That is, 
repentance should be preached through him. Kev. iii, 
4: "Thou hast a few names in Sardis." That is, a few 
persons. 

The name of God is taken for that whereby God is 
called, and by ichich his nature and perfections are made 
known to men. These names are either his titles or his 
attributes. His titles are his name. Some of these are 
absolute, as Jah, Jehoyah, God, I Am. Others are 
relative, and have respect to us, such as Creator, 
Lord, King, Father, Eedeemer. His attributes are 
his name. Some of these are incommunicable, as Eter- 
nity, Immutability^ etc. Others are communicable, as 
Goodness^ Ilercy^ Truth, etc. 

The Hebrews generally gave to God the name 
Jehovah, which signifies the existing one. With them 
it was the ineffable name, and not to be pronounced; 
and hence, in its stead, they generally used Adoni — 
Lord. 

The name Jehovah is applied to Christ both in the 
Old and New Testament Scriptures. 

God is taken, 1. Properly, for the whole Trinity; 
2. Personally, for the Father, the Son, and the Holy 
Ghost. 



I. Profane Swearing Forbid- 
den. 

Jer. XXIII, 10. For the land is 
full of adulterers; for because of 
swearing the land mourneth; the 
pleasant places of the wilderness 
are dried up, and their course is 
evil, and their force is not right. 

Hosea it, 2. By swearing, and 
lying, and killing, and stealing, 
raid committing adultery, they 
break out, and blood toucheth 
blood. 



Lev. XXIV, 10. And the son of 

an Israelitish woman, whose fa- 
ther was an Egyptian, went out 
among the children of Israel : and 
this son of the Israelitish woman 
and a man of Israel strove to- 
gether in the camp; 

11. And the Israelitish wom- 
an's son blasphemed the name of 
the Lord, and cursed. And they 
brought him unto Moses: (and 
his mother's name was Shelo- 
mith, the daughter of Dibri, of 
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12. And they put him in ward, 
that the mind of the Lord might 
be shewed them. 

13. And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

14. Bring forth him that hath 
cursed without the camp; and 
let all that heard him lay their 
hands upon his head, and let all 
the congregation stone him. 

•15. And thou shalt speak unto 
the children of Israel, saying. 
Whosoever curseth his God shall 
bear his sin. 

16. And he that blasphemeth 
the name of the Lord, he shall 
surely be put to death, and all 
the congregation shall certainly 
stone him: as well the stranger, 
as he that is born in the land, 
when he blasphemeth the name 
of the Lord, shall be put to death. 

Zech. V, 3. Then said he unto 
me. This is the curse that goeth 
forth over the face of the whole 
earth : for every one that stealeth 
shall be cut off as on this side ac- 
cording to it; and every one that 
sweareth shall be cut off as on 
that side according to it. 

Matt, v, 34. But I say unto 
you. Swear not at all; neither by 
heaven ; for it is God's throne : 

35. Nor by the earth; for it is 
his footstool : neither by Jerusa- 
lem ; for it is the city of the great 
King. 

36. Neither shalt thou swear 
by thy head, because thou canst 
not make one hair white or black. 

37. But let your communica- 
tion be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for 
whatsoever is more than these 
cometh of evil. 

James v, 12. But above all 
things, my brethren, swear not, 
neither by heaven, neither by 
the earth, neither by any other 
oath: but let your yea be yea; 
and your nay, nay; lest ye fall 
into condemnation. 

Deut. V, 11. Thou shalt not 
take the name of the Lord thy 
God in vain: for the Lord will 
not hold him guiltless that tak- 
eth his name in vain. 



Lev. XVIII, 21. And thou shalt 
not let any of thy seed pass 
through the fire to Molech, nei- 
ther shalt thou profane the name 
of thy God : I am the Lord. 

Lev. XIX, 12. And ye shall not 
swear by my name falsely, nei- 
ther shalt thou profane the name 
of thy God : I am the Lord. 

Lev. XXI, 6. They shall be holy 
unto their God, and not profane 
the name of their God: for the 
offerings of the Lord made by 
fire, and the bread of their God, 
they do offer: therefore they 
shall be holy. 

Matt, xxiii, 21. And whoso 
shall swear by the temple, swear- 
eth by it, and by him that dwell- 
eth therein. 

22. And he that shall swear by 
heaven, sweareth by the throne 
of God, and by him that sitteth 
thereon. 

2. False Swearing Forbidden. 

Lev. XIX, 12. And ye shall not 
swear by my name falsely, nei- 
ther shalt thou profane the name 
of thy God : I am the Lord. 

Jer. VII, 9. Will ye steal, mur- 
der, and commit adultery, and 
swear falsely, and burn incense 
unto Baal, and walk after other 
gods whom ye know not; 

10. And come and stand before 
me in this house, which is called 
by my name, and say. We are 
delivered to do all these abom- 
inations? 

Jer. xxiii, 10. For the land is 
full of adulterers; for because of 
swearing the land mourneth; the 
pleasant places of the wilderness 
are dried up, and their course is 
evil, and their force is not right. 

HosEA IV, 2. By swearing, and 
lying, and killing, and stealing, 
and committing adultery, they 
break out, and blood toucheth 
blood. 

3. Therefore shall the land 
mourn, and every one that dwell- 
eth therein shall languish, with 
the beasts of the field, and with 
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fishes of the sea also shall be 
taken away. 

Z»CH. V, 3. Then said he unto 
me, This is the curse that goetli 
forth over the face of the whole 
earth : for every one that stealeth 
shall be cut off as on this side 
according to it; and every one 
that sweareth shall be cut off as 
on that side according to it. 

4. I will bring it forth, saith 
the Lord of hosts, and it shall 
enter into the house of the thief, 
and into the house of him that 
sweareth falsely by my name: 
and it shall remain in the midst 
of his house, and shall consume 
it with the timber thereof and 
the stones thereof. 

Zech. VIII, 17. And let none of 
you imagine evil in your hearts 
against his neighbor; and love 
no false oath: for all these are 
things that I hate, saith the Lord. 

Mal. Ill, 5. And I will come 
near to you to judgment; and I 
will be a swift witness against the 
sorcerers, and against the adulter- 
ers, and against false swearers, 
and against those that oppress 
the hireling in his wages, the 
widow, and the fatherless, and 
that turn aside the stranger from 
his right, and fear not me, saith 
the Lord of hosts. 

Isaiah xlviii, 1. Hear ye this, 
house of Jacob, which are called 
by the name of Israel, and are 
come forth out of the waters of 
Judah, which swear by the name 
of the Lord, and make mention 
of the God of Israel, but not in 
truth, nor in righteousness. 

Jer. V, 2. And though they 
say. The Lord liveth; surely 
they swear falsely. 

3. Lord, are not thine eyes 
npon the truth ? thou hast stricken 
them, but they have not grieved; 
thou hast consumed them, but 
they have refused to receive cor- 
rection : they have made their 
faces harder than a rock; they 
have refused to i-eturn. 

4. Therefore I said, Surely these 
are poor ; they are fool ish ; for they 



know not the way of the Lord, nor 
the judgment of their God. 

5. I will get me unto the great 
men, and will speak unto them; 
for they have known the way of 
the Lord, and the judgment of 
their God: but these have alto- 
gether broken the yoke, and burst 
the bonds. 

6. Wherefore a lion out of the 
forest shall slay them, and a wolf 
of the evenings shall spoil them, 
a leopard shall watch over their 
cities: every one that goeth out 
thence shall be torn in pieces: 
because their transgressions are 
many, and their backslidings are 
increased. 

7. How shall I pardon thee for 
this? thy children have forsaken 
me, and sworn by them that are 
no gods : when I had fed them to 
the full, they then committed 
adultery, and assembled them- 
selves by troops in the harlots' 
houses. 

8. They were as fed horses in 
the morning: everyone neighed 
after his neighbor's wife, 

9. Shall I not visit for these 
things? saith the Lord: and shall 
not my soul be avenged on such a 
nation as this? 

HosEA X, 1. Israel is an empty 
vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto 
himself: according, to the multi- 
tude of his fruit he hath increased 
the altars; according to the good- 
ness of his land they have made 
goodly images. 

2. Their heart is divided; now 
shall they be found faulty: he 
shall break down their altars, he 
shall spoil their images. 

3. For now they shall say. We 
have no king, because we feared 
not the Lord; what then should 
a king do to us? 

4. They have spoken words, 
swearing falsely in making a 
covenant: thus judgment spring- 
eth up as hemlock in the furrows 
of the field. 

Lev. V, 1. And if a soul sin, 
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seen or known of it; if he do not 
utter it, then he shall bear his 
iniquity. 

2. Or if a soul touch any un- 
clean thing, whether it be a 
carcass of an unclean beast, or 
a carcass of unclean cattle, or 
the carcass of unclean creeping 
things, and if it be hidden from 
him; he also shall be unclean, 
and guilty. 

3. Or if he touch the un- 
cleanness of man, whatsoever 
uncleanness it be that a man 
shall be defiled withal, and it be 
hid from him; when he knoweth 
of it, then he shall be guilty. 

4. Or if a soul swear, pronounc- 
ing with his lips to do evil, or 
to do good, whatsoever it be that 
a man shall pronounce with an 
oath, and it be hid from him; 
when he knoweth of it, then he 
shall be guilty in one of these. 

5. And it shall be, wlien he 
shall be guilty in one of these 
things, that he shall confess that 
he hath sinned in that thing: 

6. And he shall bring his tres- 
pass-offering unto the Lord for 
his sin which he hath sinned, a 
female from the flock, a lamb, or 
a kid of the goats, for a sin-offer- 
ing; and the priest shall make 
an atonement for him concerning 
his sin. 

Lev. VI, 2. If a soul sin, and 
commit a trespass against the 
Lord, and lie unto his neighbor 
in that which was delivered him 
to keep, or in fellowship, or in a 
thing taken away by violence, or 
hath deceived his neighbor; 

3. Or have found that which 
was lost, and lieth concerning it, 
and sweareth falsely; in any of 
all these that a man doeth, sin- 
ning therein : 

4. Then it shall be, because he 
hath sinned, and is guilty, that 
he shall restore that which he 
took violently away, or the thing 
which he hath deceitfully gotten, 
or that which was delivered him 
to keep, or the lost thing which 
he found. 



5. Or all that about which he 
hath sw^orn falsely ; he shall even 
restore it in the principal, and 
shall add the fifth part more 
thereto, and give it unto him to 
whom it appertaineth, in the day 
of his trespass-offering. 

6. And he shall bring his tres- 
pass-offering unto the Lord, a 
ram without blemish out of the 
flock, with thy estimation, for a 
trespass-ofi'ering, unto the priest. 

3. Swearing by Creatures For- 
bidden. 

Matt, v, 34. But I say unto 
you. Swear not at all ; neither by 
heaven ; for it is God's throne : 

35. Nor by the earth ; for it is 
his footstool: neither by Jerusa- 
lem ; for it is the city of the great 
King. 

36. Neither shalt thou swear by 
thy head, because thou canst not 
make one hair white or black. 

Matt, xxiii, 16. Woe unto you, 
ye blind guides, which say. Who- 
soever shall swear by the temple, 
it is nothing ; but whosoever shall 
swear by the gold of the temple, 
he is a debtor I 

17. Ye fools and blind: for 
whether is greater, the gold, or 
the temple that sanctifieth the 
gold? 

18. And, Whosoever shall swear 
by the altar, it is nothing ; but 
whosoever sweareth by the gift 
that is upon it, he is guilty. 

19. Ye fools and blind: for 
whether is greater, the gift, or 
the altar that sanctifieth the gift? 

20. Whoso therefore shall swear 
by the altar, sweareth by it, and 
by all things thereon. 

21. And whoso shall swear by 
the temple, sweareth by it, and 
by him that dwelleth therein. 

22. And he that shall swear by 
heaven, sweareth by the throne 
of God, and by him that sitteth 
thereon. 

Instance of this crime. 

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ye shall not go forth hence, ex- 
cept your youngest brother come 
hither. 

16. Send one of you, and let 
him fetch your brother, and ye 
shall be kept in prison, that your 
words may be proved, whether 
there be any truth in you : or else 
by the life of Pharaoh surely ye 
are spies. 

4- Instances of Swearing to 
Commit Sin, or to encourage 
it. 

1 Sam. XXVIII, 10. And Saul 
Bware to her by the Lord, saying. 
As the Lord liveth, there shall no 
punishment happen to thee for 
this thing. 

Psalm cii, 8. Mine enemies re- 
proach me all the day ,• and they 
that are mad against me are 
sworn against me. 

Acts xxiii, 21. But do not thou 
yield unto them : for there lie in 
wait for him of them more than 
forty men, which have bound 
themselves with an oath, that 
they will neither eat nor drink 
till they have killed him: and 
now are they ready, looking for a 
promise from thee. 

Instances of rash swearing. 

Mark vi, 23. And he sware 
unto her. Whatsoever thou shalt 
ask of me, I will give it thee, 
unto the half of my kingdom. 

Judges xxi, 1. Now the men of 
Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, say- 
ing, There shall not any of us 
give his daughter unto Benjamin 
to wife. 

2. And the people came to the 
house of God, and abode there till 
even before God, and lifted up 
their voices, and wept sore ; 

3. And said, Lord God of Is- 
rael, why is this come to pass in 
Israel, that there should be to-day 
one tribe lacking in Israel ? 

4. And it came to pass on the 
morrow, that the people rose 
early, and built there an altar, 
and offered burnt-offerings and 
peace-offerings. 



5. And the children of Israel 
said, Who is there among all the 
tribes of Israel that came not up 
with the congregation unto the 
Lord? For they had made a 
great oath concerning him that 
came not up to the Lord to Miz- 
peh, saying, He shall surely be 
put to death. 

6. And the children of Israel 
repented them for Benjamin their 
brother, and said, There is one 
tribe cut off from Israel this day. 

7. How shall we do for wives 
for them that remain, seeing we 
have sworn by the Lord, that we 
will not give them of our daugh- 
ters to wives ? 

8. And they said. What one is 
there of the tribes of Israel that 
came not up to Mizpeh to the 
Lord? And, behold, there came 
none to the camp from Jabesh- 
gilead to the assembly. 

9. For the people were num- 
bered, and, behold, there were 
none of the inhabitants of Jabesh- 
gilead there. 

10. And the congregation sent 
thither twelve thousand men of 
the valiantest, and commanded 
them, saying, Go and smite the 
inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with 
the edge of the sword, with the 
women and the children. 

11. And this is the thing ye 
shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy 
every male, and every woman 
that hath lain by man. 

12. And they found among the 
inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four 
hundred young virgins, that had 
known no man by lying with any 
male: and they brought them 
unto the camp to Shiloh, which is 
in the land of Canaan. 

13. And the whole congrega- 
tion sent some to speak to the 
children of Benjamin that were 
in the rock Eimmon, and to call 
peaceably unto them. 

14. And Benjamin came again 
at that time 5 and they gave them 
wives which they had saved alive 
of the women of Jabesh-gilead : 
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15. And the people repented 
them for Benjamin, because that 
the Lord had made a breach in 
the tribes of Israel. 

16. Then the elders of the 
congregation said, How shall we 
do for wives for them that remain, 
seeing the women are destroyed 
out of Benjamin ? 

17. And they said. There must 
be an inheritance for them that 
be escaped of Benjamin, that a 
tribe be not destroyed out of Is- 
rael. 

18. Howbeit we may not give 
them wives of our daughters : for 
the children of Israel have sworn, 
Baying, Cursed be he that giveth 
a wife to Benjamin. 

1 Sam. XIV, 24. And the men of 
Israel were distressed that day: 
for Saul had adjured the people, 
saying, Cursed be the man that 
eateth any food until evening, 
that I may be avenged on mine 
enemies. So none of the people 
tasted any food. 

1 Sam. XIV, 28. Then answered 
one of the people, and said. Thy 
father straitly charged the people 
with an oath, saying, Cursed be 
the man that eateth any food this 
day. And the people were faint. 

1 Sam. XIV, 39. For, as the 
Lord liveth, which saveth Israel, 
though it be in Jonathan my son, 
he shall surely die. But there 
was not a man among all the peo- 
ple that answered him. 

1 Sam. XIV, 45. And the people 
said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan 
die, who hath wrought this great 
salvation in Israel ? God forbid ; 
as the Lord liveth, there shall 
not one hair of his head fall to 
the ground ; for he hath wrought 
with God this day. So the people 
rescued Jonathan, that he died 
not. 

1 Sam. XXV, 22. So and more 
also do God unto the enemies of 
David, if I leave of all that per- 
tain to him by the morning light 
any that pisseth against the wall. 

2 Sam. xix, 7. !N"ow therefore, 
arise, go forth, and speak com- 



fortably unto thy servants : for I 
swear by the Lord, if thou go not 
forth, there will not tarry one 
with thee this night: and that 
will be worse unto thee than all 
the evil that befell thee from thy 
youth until now. 

5. Civil Oaths Lawful. 

[Note. — To make an oath lawful, it 
must have the qualifications men- 
tioned by Jeremiali iv, 2: "Thoushalt 
swear, The Lord liveth, in truths in 
judgment, and in righteousness.^^ 

We must be certain that the thing 
is as we attest it. 

He who is called upon to swear 
should look well that his words agree 
with his mind, and that the thing 
agrees with his words. 

The matter of an oath ought to be 
possible. 

The matter of an oath ought also to 
be lawful and honest.] 

Jer. IV, 2. And thou shalt 
swear. The Lord liveth, in truth, 
in judgment, and in righteous- 
ness ; and the nations shall bless 
themselves in him, and in him 
shall they glory. 

Heb. VI, 16. For men verily 
swear by the greater : and an oath 
for confirmation is to them an end 
of all strife. 

17. Wherein God, willing more 
abundantly to shew unto the 
heirs of promise the immutabil- 
ity of his counsel, confirmed it by 
an oath. 

2 Chron. VI, 22. If a man sin 
against his heighbor, and an oath 
be laid upon him to make him 
swear, and the oath come before 
thine altar in this house; 

23. Then hear thou from heav- 
en, and do, and judge thy ser- 
vants, by requiting the wicked, 
by recompensing his way upon 
his own head; and by justifying 
the righteous, by giving him ac- 
cording to his righteousness. 

Deut. XXIX, 10. Ye stand this 
day all of you before the Lord 
your God : your captains of your 
tribes, your elders, and your ofii- 
cers, with all the men of Israel, 

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camp, from the hewer of thy 
wood unto the drawer of thy 
water : 

12^. That thou shouldest enter 
into covenant with the Lord thy 
God, and into his oath, which the 
Lord thy God maketh with thee 
this day : 

13. That he may establish thee 
to-day for a people unto himself, 
and that he may be unto thee a 
God, as he hath said unto thee, 
and as he hath sworn unto thy 
fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and 
to Jacob. 

14. Neither with you only do I 
make this covenant and this 
oath; 

15. But with him that standeth 
here with us this day before the 
Lord our God, and also with him 
that is not here with us this day. 

2 Cheon. XV, 12. And they en- 
tered into a covenant to seek the 
Lord God of their fathers with all 
their heart and with all their 
soul; 

13. That whosoever would not 
seek the Lord God of Israel 
should be put to death, whether 
small or great, whether man or 
woman. 

14. And they sware unto the 
Lord with a loud voice, and with 
shouting, and with trumpets, and 
with cornets. 

15. And all Judah rejoiced at 
the oath: for they had sworn 
with all their heart, and sought 
him with their whole desire; and 
he was found of them: and the 
Lord gave them rest round about. 

Ezra x, 5. Then arose Ezra, and 
made the chief priests, the Le- 
vites, and all Israel, to swear 
that they should do according to 
this word. And they sware. 

ISTeh. X, 29. They clave to their 
brethren, their nobles, and en- 
tered into a curse, and into an 
oath, to walk in God's law, which 
was given by Moses the servant 
of God, and to observe and do all 
the commandments of the Lord 
our Lord, and his judgments and 
his statutes. 



Deut. VI, 13. Thou shalt fear 
the Lord thy God, and serve him, 
and shalt swear by his name. 

Jer. XII, 16. And it shall come 
to pass, if they will diligently 
learn the ways of my people, to 
swear by my name. The Lord liv- 
eth ; as they taught my people to 
swear by Baal ; then shall they 
be built in the midst of my peo- 
ple. 

6. Articles of Peace and Pri- 
vate Contracts Ratified 
BY AN Oath. 

Gen. XXI, 23. Now therefore 
swear unto me here by God, that 
thou wilt not deal falsely with 
me, nor with my son, nor with 
my son's son : but according to 
the kindness that I have done 
unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, 
and to the land wherein thou hast 
sojourned. 

24. And Abraham said, I will 
swear. 

Gen. XXI, 31. Whether he have 
gored a son, or have gored a 
daughter, according to this judg- 
ment shall it be done unto him. 

Josh, ii, 12. Now therefore, I 
pray you, swear unto me by the 
Lord, since I have shewed you 
kindness, that ye will also shew 
kindness unto my father's house, 
and give me a true token. 

Josh, vi, 22. But Joshua had 
said unto the two men that had 
spied out the country. Go into the 
harlot's house, and bring out 
thence the woman, and all that 
she hath, as ye sware unto her. 

Josh, ix, 15. And Joshua made 
peace with them, and made a 
league with them, to let them 
live : and the princes of the con- 
gregation sware unto them. 

Josh, ix, 19. But all the princes 
said unto all the congregation. 
We have sworn unto them by the 
Lord God of Israel : now there- 
fore we may not touch them. 

1 Sam. XIX, 6. And Saul heark- 
ened unto the voice of Jonathan : 
and Saul sware. As the Lord liv- 
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1 Sam. XX, 42. And Jonathan 
Baid to David, Go in peace, foras- 
much as we have sworn both of 
us in the name of the Lord, say- 
ing, The Lord be between me and 
thee, and between my seed and 
thy seed forever. And he arose 
and departed : and Jonathan 
went into the city. 

2 Sam. xxi, 7. But the king 
spared Mephibosheth, the son of 
Jonathan, the son of Saul, because 
of the Lord's oath that was be- 
tween them, between David and 
Jonathan the son of SauL 

Judges xv, 12. And they said 
unto him. We are come down to 
bind thee, that we may deliver 
thee into the hand of the Philis- 
tines. And Samson said unto 
them, Swear unto me, that ye 
will not fall upon me yourselves. 

1 Sam. XXX, 15. And David said 
to him, Canst thou bring me 
down to this company ? And he 
said. Swear unto me by God, that 
thou wilt neither kill me, nor de- 
liver me into the hands of my 
master, and I will bring thee 
down to this company. 

2 Sam. xix, 23. Therefore the 
king said unto Shimei, Thou 
shaft not die. And the king 
sware unto him. 

2 Kings xxv, 24. And Gedaliah 
sware to them, and to their men^ 
and said unto them. Fear not to 
be the servants of the Chaldees : 
dwell in the land, and serve the 
king of Babylon; and it shall be 
well with you. 

Jer. xxxviii, 16. So Zedekiah 
the king sware secretly unto Jer- 
emiah, saying, As the Lord liv- 
eth, that made us this soul, I will 
not put thee to death, neither 
will I give thee into the hand of 
these men that seek thy life. 

Gen. XXIV, 2. And Abraham 
said unto his eldest servant of his 
house, that ruled over all that he 
had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand 
under my thigh : 

3. And I will make thee swear 
by the Lord, the God of heaven, 
and the God of the earth, that 



thou shalt not take a wife unto 
my son of the daughters of the 
Canaanites, among whom I dwell. 

Gen. XXIV, 9. And the servant 
put his hand under the thigh of 
Abraham his master, and sware 
to him concerning that matter. 

Gen. XXIV, 37. And my master 
made me swear, saying. Thou 
shalt not take a wife to my son of 
the daughters of the Canaanites, 
in whose land I dwell. 

Gen. XXIV, 41. Then shalt thou 
be clear from this my oath, when 
thou comest to my kindred ,• and 
if they give not thee one, thou 
shalt be clear from my oath. 

Gen. xxv, 33. And Jacob said. 
Swear to me this day; and he 
sware unto him: and he sold his 
birthright unto Jacob. 

Gen. xlvii, 29. And the time 
drew nigh that Israel must die: 
and he called his son Joseph, 
and said unto him. If now I have 
found grace in thy sight, put, I 
pray thee, thy hand under my 
thigh, and deal kindly and truly 
with me; bury me not, I pray 
thee, in Egypt: 

30. But I will lie with my fa- 
thers, and thou shalt carry me 
out of Egypt, and bury me in 
their burying -place. And he 
said, I will do as thou hast said. 

31. And he said. Swear unto 
me. And he sware unto him. 
And Israel bowed himself upon 
the bed's head. 

Gen. l, 25. And Joseph took an 
oath of the children of Israel, 
saying, God will surely visit you, 
and ye shall carry up my bones 
from hence. 

1 Kings i, 13. Go and get thee 
in unto king David, and say unto 
him. Didst not thou, my Lord, 
king, swear unto thine handmaid, 
saying. Assuredly Solomon thy 
son shall reign after me, and he 
shall sit upon my throne? why 
then doth Adoiiijah reign? 

14. Behold, while thou yet talk- 
est there with the king, I also will 
come in after thee, and confirm 
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15. And Bath-sheba went in 
unto the king into the chamber : 
and the king was very old; and 
Abishag the Shunammite minis- 
tered unto the king. 

16. And Bath-sheba bowed, and 
did obeisance unto the king. And 
theking said, What wouldest thou? 

17. And she said unto him, My 
lord, thou swarest by the Lord 
thy God unto thine handmaid, 
saying. Assuredly Solomon thy 
son shall reign after me, and he 
shall sit npon my throne. 

18. And now, behold, Adonijah 
reigneth; and now, my lord the 
king, thou knowest it not: 

19. And he hath slain oxen and 
fat cattle and sheep in abundance, 
and hath called all the sons of the 
king, and Abiathar the priest, and 
Joab the captain of the host: but 
Solomon thy servant hath he not 
called. 

20. And thou, my lord, king, 
the eyes of all Israel are upon 
thee, that thou shouldest tell 
them who shall sit on the throne 
of my lord the king after him. 

21. Otherwise it shall come to 
pass, when my lord the king 
shall sleep with his fathers, that 
I and my son Solomon shall be 
counted offenders. 

22. And, lo, while she yet talked 
with the king, Nathan the prophet 
also came in. 

23. x\nd they told the king, say- 
ing, Behold Xathan the prophet. 
And when he was come in before 
the king, he bowed himself be- 
fore the king with his face to the 
ground. 

24. And Nathan said. My lord, 
king, hast thou said, Adonijah 
shall reign after me, and he shall 
sit upon my throne? 

25. For he is gone down this 
day, and hath slain oxen and fat 
cattle and sheep in abundance, 
and hath called all tlie king's 
sons, and the captains of the 
host, and Abiathar the priest; 
and, behold, they eat and drink 
before him, and say, God save 
king Adonijah. 



26. But me, even me thy serv- 
ant, and Zadok the priest, and 
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and 
thy servant Solomon, hath he not 
called. 

27. Is this thing done by my 
lord the king, and thou hast not 
shewed it unto thy servant, who 
should sit on the throne of my 
lord the king after him ? 

28. Then king David answered 
and said. Call me Bath-sheba. 
And she came into the king's 
presence, and stood before the 
king. 

29. And the king sware, and 
said. As the Lord liveth, that 
hath redeemed my soul out of 
all distress. 

2 Kings xi, 4. And the seventh 
year Jehoiada sent and fetched 
the rulers over hundreds, with 
the captains and the guard, and 
brought them to him into the 
house of the Lord, and made a 
covenant with them, and took an 
oath of them in the house of the 
Lord, and shewed them the king's 
son. 

Neh. V, 12. Then said they, We 
will restore them, and will require 
nothing of them ; so will we do as 
thou sayest. Then I called the 
priests, and took an oath of them, 
that they should do according to 
this promise. 

Examples of oath-takings. 

1 Kings it, 42. And the king 
sent and called for Shimei, and 
said unto him, Did I not make 
thee to swear by the Lord, and 
protested unto thee, saying. Know 
for a certain, on the day thou go- 
est out, and walkest abroad any 
whither, that thou shalt surely 
die? and thou saidst unto me, 
The word that I have heard is 
good. 

1 Kings xviii, 10. As the Lord 
thy God liveth, there is no nation 
or kingdom, whither my lord hath 
not sent to seek thee: and when 
they said. He is not there; he 
took an oath of the kingdom and 
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In case of property the oath of a 
single person will suffice where 
no other evidence can he had, 

Ex. xxir, 10. If a man deliver 
unto his neighbor an ass, or an 
ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to 
keep; and if it die, or be hurt, or 
driven away, no man seeing it: 

11. Then shall an oath of the 
Lord be between them both, that 
he hath not put his hand unto his 
neighbor's goods; and the owner 
of it shall accept thereof, and he 
shall not make it good. 

One witness not sufficient in crim- 
inal cases, 

Num. XXXV, 30. Whoso killeth 
any person, the murderer shall 
be put to death by the mouth of 
witnesses: but one witness shall 
not testify against any person to 
cause him to die. 



Deut. XVII, 6. At the mouth of 
two witnesses, or three witnesses, 
shall he that is worthy of death 
be put to death ; but at the mouth 
of one witness he shall not be put 
to death. 

Heb. X, 28. He that despised 
Moses' law died without mercy 
under two or three witnesses. 

1 Tim. V, 19. Against an elder 
receive not an accusation, but be- 
fore two or three witnesses. 

Deut. xix, 16. One witness shall 
not rise up against a man for any 
iniquity, or for any sin, in any 
sin that he sinneth: at the mouth 
of two witnesses, or at the mouth 
of three witnesses, shall the mat- 
ter be established. 

Matt, xviii, 16. But if he will 
not hear thee, then take with 
thee one or two more, that in the 
mouth of two or three witnesses 
every word may be established. 



CHAPTER IV 



THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT. 



Exodus xx, 8-11: Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six 
days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: but the seventh day 
is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God : in it thou shalt not do any 
loork, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor 
thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within 
thy gates: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the 
sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: where- 
fore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it. 

This is the last commandment of the first table of 
the law. As we have seen in the preceding pages, the 
first commandment relates chiefly to the inward vener- 
ation^ love, and esteem which we are to cherish toward 
God. The second relates to the external expressions 
of this veneration and love in appropriate outward 
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third requires us to glorify his name in our speech by 
never using Ms name except with due reverence and solem- 
nity. So this fourth commandment prescribes the time 
which God has been pleased to set apart for the more 
especial performance of acts of religious devotion and 
piety. 

"Eemember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy." 
God enforces this command with great particularity, 
and gives us three to press its observance upon us. 
The first is taken from his own example: "TAe Lord 
rested the seventh day;'' rest ye also. The second is 
taken from the liberal portion of time allotted for sec- 
ular uses: '^Six days shalt thou labor ^ and do all thy 
work.'' Is it not reasonable that a seventh portion 
should be given sacredly to the Lord when he has so 
freely and so liberally given us the rest? The third 
is the fact that God has especially dedicated it to his 
own immediate service and worship. ''The Lord blessed 
the Sabbath day^ and hallowed it." 

Sabbath implies rest and cessation from labor — a 
temporal Sabbath. It signifies, also, a spiritual rest — 
a rest from the toil and drudgery of sin, the grievous 
exactions of Satan, and the burden of a guilty con- 
science. It is also used to signify the eternal rest of 
the blessed in heaven. ''There remaineth a rest [or the 
celebration of a Sabbath"] unto the 2'>eople of God." 



I. The Sabbath must be kept 
AS A Day of Rest from 
Secular Work. 

Ex. XX, 9. Six days shalt thou 
labor, and do all thy work : 

10. But the seventh day is the 
Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in 
it thou shalt not do any work, 
thou, nor thy son, nor thy 
daughter, nor thy man-servant, 
nor thy maid-servant, nor thy 



cattle, nor thy stranger that is 
within thy gates : 

11. For in six days the Lord 
made heaven and earth, the sea, 
and all that in them is, and rested 
the seventh day : wherefore the 
Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and 
hallowed it. 

Ex. XXIII, 12. Six days thou 
shalt do thy work, and on the 
seventh day thou shalt rest; that 
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and the son of thy handmaid and 

the stranger may be refreshed. 

Jer. XVII, 21. Thus saith the 
Lord ; Take heed to yourselves, 
and bear no burden on the Sab- 
bath day, nor bring it in by the 
gates of Jerusalem ; 

22. Neither carry forth a bur- 
den out of your houses on the Sab- 
bath day, neither do ye any work, 
but hallow ye the Sabbath day, 
as I commanded your fathers. 

Ex. XVI, 23. And he said unto 
them. This is that which the Lord 
hath said, To-morrow is the rest 
of the holy Sabbath unto the 
Lord: bake that which ye will 
bake to-day, and seethe that ye 
will seethe; and that which re- 
maineth over lay up for you to be 
kept until the morning. 

24. And they laid it up till the 
morning, as Moses bade : and it 
did not stink, neither was there 
any worm therein. 

25. And Moses said. Eat that 
to-day ; for to-day is a Sabbath 
unto the Lord: to-day ye shall 
not find it in the field. 

26. Six days ye shall gather it; 
but on the seventh day, which is 
the Sabbath, in it there shall be 
none. 

27. And it came to pass, that 
there went out some of the people 
on the seventh day for to gather, 
and they found none. 

28. And the Lord said unto 
Moses, How long refuse ye to 
keep my commandments and my 
laws ? 

29. See, for that the Lord hath 
given you the Sabbath, therefore 
he giveth you on the sixth day 
the bread of two days : abide ye 
every man in his place, let no 
man go out of his place on the 
seventh day. 

30. So the people rested on the 
seventh day. 

Ex. XXXI, 13. Speak thou also 
unto the children of Israel, say- 
ing, Verily, my Sabbaths ye shall 
keep : for it is a sign between me 
and you throughout your genera- 
tions j that ye may know that I 



am the Lord that doth sanctify 
you. 

14. Ye shall keep the Sabbath 
therefore ; for it is holy unto you. 
Every one that defileth it shall 
surely be put to death : for who- 
soever doeth any work therein, 
that soul shall be cut off from 
among his people. 

15. Six days may work be 
done ; but in the seventh is the 
Sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord : 
whosoever doeth any work in the 
Sabbath day, he shall surely be 
put to death. 

16. Wherefore the children of 
Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to 
observe the Sabbath throughout 
their generations, for a perpetual 
covenant. 

17. It is a sign between me and 
the children of Israel forever : for 
in six days the Lord made heaven 
and earth, and on the seventh day 
he rested, and was refreshed. 

Luke xxiii, 56. And they re- 
turned, and prepared spices and 
ointments ; and rested the sev- 
enth day according to the com- 
mandment. 

Lev. xxiii, 3. Six days shall 
work be done: but the seventh 
day is the Sabbath of rest, a holy 
convocation ; ye shall do no work 
therein : it is the Sabbath of the 
Lord in all your dwellings. 

Lev. xxvi, 2. Ye shall keep my 
Sabbaths, and reverence my 
sanctuary : I am the Lord. 

Deut. V, 12. Keep the Sabbath 
day to sanctify it, as the Lord 
thy God hath commanded thee. 

13. Six days thou shalt labor, 
and do all thy work : 

14. But the seventh day is the 
Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in 
it thou shalt not do any work, 
thou, nor thy son, nor thy daugh- 
ter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy 
maid-servant, nor thine ox, nor 
thine ass, nor any of thine cattle, 
nor thy stranger that is within 
thy gates ; that thy man-servant 
and thy maid-servant may rest as 
well as thou. 

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wast a servant in the land of 
Egypt, and that the Lord thy 
God brought thee out thence 
through a mighty hand and by a 
stretched out arm: therefore the 
Lord thy God commanded thee to 
keep the Sabbath day. 

Matt, xxiv, 20. But pray ye 
that your flight be not in the Win- 
ter, neither on the Sabbath day. 

Isaiah lviii, 13. If thou turn 
away thy foot from the Sabbath, 
from doing thy pleasure on my 
holy day ; and call the Sabbath a 
delight, the holy of the Lord, 
honorable; and shalt honor him, 
not doing thine own ways, nor 
finding thine own pleasure, nor 
speaking thine own words : 

14. Then shalt thou delight 
thyself in the Lord; and I will 
cause thee to ride upon the high 
places of the earth, and feed thee 
with the heritage of Jacob thy 
father : for the mouth of the Lord 
hath spoken it. 

Jer. xyii, 24. And it shall come 
to pass, if ye diligently hearken 
unto me, saith the Lord, to bring 
in no burden through the gates 
of this city on the Sabbath day, 
but hallow the Sabbath day, to do 
no work therein; 

25. Then shall there enter into 
the gates of this city kings and 
princes sitting upon the throne of 
David, riding in chariots and on 
horses, they, and their princes, 
the men of Judah, and the inhab- 
itants of Jerusalem : and this 
city shall remain forever. 

Jer. XVII, 27. But if ye will not 
hearken unto me to hallow the 
Sabbath day, and not to bear a 
burden, even entering in at the 
gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath 
day ; then will I kindle a fire in 
the gates thereof, and it shall de- 
vour the palaces of Jerusalem, 
and it shall not be quenched. 

Isaiah lvi, 2. Blessed is the 
man that doeth this, and the son 
of man that layeth hold on it; 
that keepeth the Sabbath from 
polluting it, and keepeth his 
hand from doing any evil. 



Isaiah lvi, 4. For thus saith 
the Lord unto the eunuchs that 
keep my Sabbaths, and choose 
the things that please me, and 
take hold of my covenant; 

5. Even unto them will I give 
in mine house and within my 
walls a place and a name better 
than of sons and of daughters ; I 
will give them an everlasting 
name, that shall not be cut ofi". 

6. Also the sons of the stranger, 
that join themselves to the Lord, 
to serve him, and to love the 
name of the Lord, to be his ser- 
vants, every one that keepeth the 
Sabbath from polluting it, and 
taketh hold of my covenant; 

7. Even them will I bring to 
my holy mountain, and make 
them joyful in my house of 
prayer : their burnt-off'erings and 
their sacrifices shall be accepted 
upon mine altar ; for mine house 
shall be called a house of prayer 
for all people. 

Keh. X, 31. And if the people 
of the land bring ware or any 
victuals on the Sabbath day to 
sell, that we would not buy it of 
them on the Sabbath, or on the 
holy day : and that we would 
leave the seventh year, and the 
exaction of every debt. 

jSTeh. xiii, 15. In those days saw 
I in Judah some treading wine- 
presses on the Sabbath, and 
bringing in sheaves, and lading 
asses; as also wine, grapes, and 
figs, and all manner of burdens, 
which they brought into Jerusa- 
lem on the Sabbath day: and I 
testified against them in the day 
wherein they sold victuals. 

1,6. There dwelt men of Tyre 
also therein, which brought fish, 
and all manner of ware, and sold 
on the Sabbath unto the children 
of Judah, and in Jerusalem. 

17. Then I contended with the 
nobles of Judah, and said- unto 
them, What evil thing is this that 
ye do, and profane the Sabbath 
day? 

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evil upon us, and upon this city? 
yet ye bring more wrath upon Is- 
rael by profaning the Sabbath. 

19. And it came to pass, that 
when the gates of Jerusalem be- 
gan to be dark before the Sab- 
bath, I commanded that the gates 
should be shut, and charged that 
they should not be opened till 
after the Sabbath: and some of 
my servants set I at the gates, 
that there should no burden be 
brought in on the Sabbath day. 

20. So the merchants and sell- 
ers of all kind of ware lodged 
without Jerusalem once or twice. 

21. Then I testified against 
them, and said unto them. Why 
lodge ye about the wall? if ye do 
so again, I will lay hands on you. 
From that time forth came they 
no more on the Sabbath. 

2. The Sabbath a Day for Re- 
ligious Worship, 

EzEK. XLVI, 3. Likewise the 
people of the land shall worship 
at the door of this gate before the 
Lord in the Sabbaths and in the 
new moons. 

Lev. XIX, 30. Ye shall keep my 
Sabbaths, and reverence my sanc- 
tuary : I am the Lord. 

Mark vi, 2. And when the Sab- 
bath day was come, he began to 
teach in the synagogue: and 
many hearing him w^ere aston- 
ished, saying, From whence hath 
this man these things ? and what 
wisdom is this which is given 
unto him, that even such mighty 
works are wrought by his 
hands ? 

Luke iv, 16. And he came to 
Kazareth, where he had been 
brought Up: and, as his custom 
was, he went into the synagogue 
on the Sabbath day, and stood up 
for to read. 

Luke iv, 31. And came down 
to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, 
and taught them on the Sabbath 
days. 

Luke xiii, 10. And he was 
teaching in one of the synagogues 
on the Sabbath. 



Acts xiii, 14. But when they 
departed from Perga, they came 
to Antioch in Pisidia, and went 
into the synagogue on the Sab- 
bath day, and sat down. 

15. And after the reading of the 
law and the prophets, the rulers 
of the synagogue sent unto them, 
saying. Ye men and brethren, if 
ye have any word of exhortation 
for the people, say on. 

Acts xiii, 27. For they that 
dwell at Jerusalem, and their 
rulers, because they know him 
not, nor yet the voices of the 
prophets which are read every 
Sabbath day, they have fulfilled 
them in condemning him. 

Acts xiii, 42. And when the 
Jews were gone out of the syna- 
gogue, the Gentiles besought that 
these words might be preached to 
them the next Sabbath. 

Acts xiii, 44. And the next 
Sabbath day came almost the 
whole city together to hear the 
Word of God. 

Acts xv, 21. For Moses of old 
time hath in every city them 
that preach him, being read in 
the synagogues every Sabbath 
day. 

Acts xvii, 2. And Paul, as his 
manner was, went in unto them, 
and three Sabbath days reasoned 
with them out of the Scrip- 
tures, 

3. Opening and alleging, that 
Christ must needs have suffered, 
and risen again from the dead; 
and that this Jesus, whom I 
preach unto you, is Christ. 

Acts xviii, 4. And he reasoned 
in the synagogue every Sabbath, 
and persuaded the Jews and the 
Greeks. 

Numb, xxviii, 9. And on the 
Sabbath day two lambs of the 
first year, without spot, and two 
tenth deals of flour for a meat 
offering, mingled with oil, and 
the drink offering thereof: 

10. This is the burnt offering 
of every Sabbath, beside the con- 
tinual burnt offering, and his 
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3. Works of Mercy and ^ Hu- 
manity MAY BE Done on 
THE Sabbath Day. 

Matt, xii, 1. At that time Je- 
sus went on the Sabbath day 
through the corn ; and his dis- 
ciples were a hungered, and be- 
gan to pluck the ears of corn, and 
to eat. 

2. But when the Pharisees saw 
it, they said unto him, Behold, 
thy disciples do thatw^hich is not 
lawful to do upon the Sabbath 
day. 

3. But he said unto them. Have 
ye not read what David did, when 
he was a hungered, and they that 
were with him; 

4. How he entered into the 
house of God, and did eat the 
shewbread, which was not lawful 
for him to eat, neither for them 
which were with him, but only 
for the priests? 

5. Or have ye not read in the 
law, how that on the Sabbath 
days the priests in the temple 
profane the Sabbath, and are 
blameless? 

6. But I say unto you. That in 
this place is one greater than the 
temple. 

7. But if ye had known what 
this meaneth, I will have mercy, 
and not sacrifice, ye would not 
have condemned the guiltless. 

8. For the Son of man is Lord 
even of the Sabbath day. 

9. And when he was departed 
thence, he went into their syna- 
gogue: 

10. And, behold, there was a 
man which had his hand with- 
ered. And they asked him, say- 
ing. Is it lawful to heal on the 
Sabbath days? that they might 
accuse him. 

11. And he said unto them. 
What man shall there be among 
you, that shall have one sheep, 
and if it fall into a pit on the 
Sabbath day, will he not lay hold 
on it, and lift it out? 

12. How much then is a man 
better than a sheep ? Wherefore 



it is lawful to do well on the Sab- 
bath days. 

13. Then saith he to the man, 
Stretch forth thine hand. And 
he stretched it forth ', and it was 
restored whole, like as the other. 

Mark 11, 23. And it came to 
pass, that he went through the 
corn fields on the Sabbath day ; 
and his disciples began, as they 
went, to pluck the ears of corn. 

24. And the Pharisees said unto 
him. Behold, why do they on the 
Sabbath day that which is not 
lawful? 

25. And he said unto them, 
Have ye never read w^hat David 
did, when he had need, and was 
a hungered, he, and they that 
were with him? 

26. How he went into the house 
of God in the days of Abiathar 
the high priest, and did eat the 
shewbread, which is not lawful 
to eat but for the priests, and 
gave also to them which were 
with him? 

27. And he said unto them, 
The Sabbath was made for man, 
and not man for the Sabbath. 

28. Therefore the Son of man is 
Lord also of the Sabbath. 

Mark hi, 1. And he entered 
again into the synagogue ; and 
there was a man there which had 
a withered hand. 

2. And they watched him, 
whether he would heal him on 
the Sabbath day ; that they might 
accuse him. 

3. And he saith unto the man 
which had the withered hand. 
Stand forth. 

4. And he saith unto them, Is 
it lawful to do good on the Sab- 
bath days, or to do evil? to save 
life, or to kill? But they held 
their peace. 

5. And when he had looked 
round about on them with anger, 
being grieved lor the hardness of 
their hearts, he saith unto the 
man. Stretch forth thine hand. 
And he stretched it out: and his 
hand was restored whole as tho 
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Luke vi, 1. And it came to pass 
on the second Sabbath after the 
first, that he went through the 
corn fields; and his disciples 
plucked the ears of corn, and 
did eat, rubbing them in their 
hands. 

2. And certain of the Pharisees 
said unto them, "Why do ye that 
which is not lawful to do on the 
Sabbath days? 

3. And Jesus answering them, 
said. Have ye not read so much 
as this, what David did, when 
himself was a hungered, and 
they which were with him ; 

4. How he went into the house 
of God, and did take and eat the 
shewbread, and gave also to them 
that were with him ; which it is 
not lawful to eat but for the 
priests alone ? 

5. And he said unto them, That 
the Son of man is Lord also of the 
Sabbath. 

6. And it came to pass also on 
another Sabbath, that he entered 
into the synagogue and taught : 
and there was a man whose right 
hand was withered. 

7. And the scribes and Phari- 
sees watched him, whether he 
would heal on the Sabbath day ] 
that they might find an accusa- 
tion against him. 

8. But he knew their thoughts, 
and said to the man which had 
the withered hand, Eise up, and 
stand forth in the midst. And he 
arose and stood forth. 

9. Then said Jesus unto them, 
I will ask you one thing; Is it 
lawful on the Sabbath days to do 
good, or to do evil? to save life, 
or to destroy it? 

10. And looking round about 
upon them all, he said unto the 
man, Stretch forth thy hand. And 
he did so: and his hand was re- 
stored whole as the other. 

Luke xiii, 10. And he was 
teaching in one of the synagogues 
on the Sabbath. 

IJ. And, behold, there was a 
woman which had a spirit of in- 
firmity eighteen years, and was 



bowed together, and could in no 
wise lift up herself. 

12. And when Jesus saw her, 
he called her to him, and said 
unto her, Woman, thou art loosed 
from thine infirmity. 

13. And he laid his hands on 
her: and immediately she was 
made straight, and glorified God. 

14. And the ruler of the syna- 
gogue answered with indignation, 
because that Jesus had healed on 
the Sabbath day, and said unto 
the people, There are six days in 
which men ought to work : in 
them therefore come and be 
healed, and not on the Sabbath 
day. 

15. The Lord then answered 
him, and said. Thou hypocrite, 
doth not each one of you on the 
Sabbath loose his ox or his ass 
from the stall, and lead him away 
to watering? 

16. And ought not this woman, 
being a daughter of Abraham, 
whom Satan hath bound, lo, these 
eighteen years, be loosed from 
this bond on the Sabbath day ? 

17. And when he had said these 
things, all his adversaries were 
ashamed : and all the people re- 
joiced for all the glorious things 
that were done by him. 

John v, 8. Jesus saith unto 
him, Pise, take up thy bed, and 
walk. 

9. And immediately the man 
was made whole, and took up his 
bed, and walked: and on the 
same day was the Sabbath. 

John ix, 13. They brought to 
the Pharisees him that aforetime 
was blind. 

14. And it was the Sabbath day 
when Jesus made the clay, and 
opened his eyes. 

4. The First Day of the Week 
IS the Christian Sabbath, 

Luke xxiv, 1. iN'ow upon the 
first day of the week, very early 
in the morning, they came unto 
the sepulcher, bringing the spices 
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2. And they found the stone 
rolled away from the sepulcher. 

3. And they entered in, and 
found not the body of the Lord 
Jesus. 

4. And it came to pass, as they 
were much perplexed thereabout, 
behold, two men stood by them 
in shining garments: • 

5. And as they were afraid, and 
bowed down their faces to the 
earth, they said unto them. Why 
seek ye the living among the 
dead?" 

6. He is not here, but is risen: 
remember how he spake unto you 
when he was yet in Galilee. 

John xx, 19. Then the same 
day at evening, being the first 
day of the week, when the doors 
were shut where the disciples 
were assembled for fear of the 
Jews, came Jesus and stood in 
the midst, and saith unto them. 
Peace be unto you. 

Acts xx, 7. And upon the first 
day of the week, when the dis- 
ciples came together to break 
bread, Paul preached unto them, 
ready to depart on the morrow; 
and continued his speech until 
midnight. 

Rev. I, 9. I John, who also am 
your brother, and companion in 
tribulation, and in the kingdom 
and patience of Jesus Christ, was 
in the isle that is called Patmos, 
for the Word of God, and for the 
testimony of Jesus Christ. 

10. I was in the Spirit on 
the Lord's day, and heard be- 
hind me a great voice, as of a 
trumpet, 

11. Saying, I am Alpha and 
Omega, the first and the last: 
and. What thou seest, write in a 
book, and send it unto the seven 
churches which are in Asia ; unto 
Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and 
unto Pergamos, and unto Thya- 



tira, and unto Sardis, and unto 
Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. 

1 Cor. XVI, 2. Upou the first 
day of the week let every one of 
you lay by him in store, as God 
hath prospered him, that there 
be no gatherings when I come. 

Mark xvr, 9. Xow when Jesus 
was risen early the first day of 
the week, he appeared first to 
Mary Magdalene, out of whom 
he had cast seven devils. 

Matt, xxviii, 1. In the end of 
the Sabbath, as it began to dawn 
toward the first day of the week, 
came Mary Magdalene and the 
other Mary to see the sepulcher. 

2. And, behold, there was a 
great earthquake: for the angel 
of the Lord descended from 
heaven, and came and rolled 
back the stone from the door, 
and sat upon it. 

3. His countenance was like 
lightning, and. his raiment white 
as snow; 

4. And for fear of him the 
keepers did shake, and became 
as dead men. 

5. And the angel answered and 
said unto the women, Fear not 
ye: for I know that ye seek 
Jesus, which was crucified. 

6. He is not here: for he is 
risen, as he said. Come, see the 
place where the Lord lay. 

7. And go quickly, and tell his 
disciples that he is risen from the 
dead; and, behold, he goeth be- 
fore you into Galilee; there shall 
ye see him : lo, I have told you. 

8. And they departed quickly 
from the sepulcher with fear and 
great joy; and did run to bring 
his disciples word. 

9. And as they went to tell his 
disciples, behold, Jesus met them, 
saying. All hail. And they came 
and held him by the feet, and 
worshiped him. 



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THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT. 



Exodus xx, 12 : Honor thy father and thy mother : that thy days may 
he long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 

This is the first command in the second table of 
the law. As the first table enjoined those duties which 
we owe directly to God, so the second table enjoins 
those duties which we owe to our fellow-men. As our 
parents are related to us next under God, the duties 
which we owe to them are appropriately placed first. 



I. This Command Requires Rev- 
erence AND Obedience on 
THE Part of Children. 

Ex. XXI, 17. And he that curs- 
eth his father, or his mother, 
shall surely be put to death. 

Prov. XX, 20. Whoso curseth 
his father or his raother, his 
lamp shall be put out in obscure 
darkness. 

Prov. xxx, 17. The eye that 
mocketh at his father, and de- 
spiseth to obey his mother, the 
ravens of the valley shall pick it 
out, and the young eagles shall 
eat it. 

CoL. Ill, 20. Children, obey your 
parents in all things: for this is 
well pleasing unto the Lord. 

Gen. xlviii, 9. And Joseph said 
unto his father, They are my sons, 
whom God hath given me in this 
place. And he said, Bring them, 
I pray thee, unto me, and I will 
bless them. 

10. N'ow the eyes of Israel were 
dim for age, so that he could not 
Bee. And he brought them near 
unto him; and he kissed them, 
and embraced them. 

11. And Israel said unto Joseph, 
I had not thought to see thy face : 



and, lo, God hath shewed me also 

thy seed. 

12. And Joseph brought them 
out from between his knees, and 
he bowed himself with his face 
to the earth. 

Lev. XIX, 3. Ye shall fear every 
man his mother, and his father, 
and keep my Sabbaths j I am the 
Lord your God. 

Prov. i, 8. My son, hear the in- 
struction of thy father, and forsake 
not the law of thy mother : 

9. For they shall be an orna- 
ment of grace unto thy head, and 
chains about thy neck. 

Prov. vi, 20. My son, keep thy 
father's commandment, and for- 
sake not the law of thy mother: 

21. Bind them continually upon 
thine heart, and tie them about 
thy neck. 

22. When thou goest, it shall 
lead thee; when thou sleepest, it 
shall keep thee; and when thou 
awakest, it shall talk with thee. 

Prov. xiii, 1. A wise son hear- 
eth his father's instruction : but 
a scorner heareth not rebuke. 

Prov. xxiii, 22. Hearken unto 
thy father that begat thee, and 
despise not thy mother when she 
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Matt, xv, 4. For God com- 
manded, saying, Honor thy fa- 
ther and mother: and. He that 
curseth father or mother, let him 
die the death. 

5. But ye say, "Whosoever shall 
say to his father or his mother. 
It is a gift, by whatsoever thou 
mightest be profited by me; 

6. And honor not his father 
or his mother, he shall be free. 
Thus have ye made the com- 
mandment of God of none effect 
by your tradition. 

Eph. VI, 1. Children, obey your 
parents in the Lord: for this is 
right. 

2. Honor thy father and mother; 
which is the first commandment 
with promise; 

3. That it may be well with 
thee, and thou mayest live long 
on the earth. 

Luke ii, 51. And he went down 
with them, and came to Nazareth, 
and was subject unto them: but 
his mother kept all these sayings 
in her heart. 

52. And Jesus increased in wis- 
dom and stature, and in favor with 
God and man. 

2. // Requires Reverence to the 
Aged, whether they are 
Our Parents or not. 

Lev. XIX, 32. Thou shalt rise 
up before the hoary head, and 
honor the face of the old man, 
and fear thy God : I am the Lord. 

1 Tim. V, 1. Rebuke not an elder, 
but entreat him as a father; and 
the younger men as brethren; 

2. The elder women as moth- 
ers; the younger as sisters, with 
all purity. 

3. Honor widows that are wid- 
ows indeed. 

4. But if any widow have chil- 
dren or nephews, let them learn 
first to shew piety at home, and 
to requite their parents: for that 
is good and acceptable before 
God. 

1 Peter v, 5. Likewise, ye 
younger, submit yourselves unto 
the elder. Yea, all of you be 



subject one to another, and be 
clothed with humility: for God 
resisteth the proud, and giveth 
grace to the humble. 

Ex. xxii, 28. Thou shalt not 
revile the gods, nor curse the 
ruler of thy people. 

Acts xxiii, 4. And they that 
stood by said, Revilest thou God's 
high priest? 

5. Then said Paul, I wist not, 
brethren, that he was the high 
priest: for it is written. Thou 
shalt not speak evil of the ruler 
of thy people. 

2 Peter ii, 10. But chiefly them 
that walk after the flesh in the 
lust of uncleanness, and despise 
government. Presumptuous are 
they, self-willed, they are not 
afraid to speak evil of dignities. 

11. Whereas angels, which are 
greater in power and might, 
bring not railing accusation 
against them before the Lord. 

Jude, 8. Likewise also these 
filthy dreamers defile the flesh, 
despise dominion, and speak evil 
of dignities. 

9. Yet Michael the archangel, 
when contending with the devil 
he disputed about the body of 
Moses, durst not bring against 
him a railing accusation, but 
said, The Lord rebuke thee. 

3. God's Judgments Against 
Disobedient Children. 

Ex. XXI, 15. And he that smit- 
eth his father, or his mother, 
shall be surely put to death. 

Ex. XXI, 17. And he that curs- 
eth his father, or his mother, 
shall surely be put to death. 

Deut. XXI, 18. If a man have a 
stubborn and rebellious son, which 
will not obey the voice of his fa- 
ther, or the voice of his mother, 
and that, when they have chast- 
ened him, will not hearken unto 
them: 

19. Then shall his father and 
his mother lay hold on him, and 
bring him out unto the elders of 
his city, and unto the gate of hia 
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20. And they shall say unto the 
elders of his city, This our son is 
stubborn and rebellious, he will 
not obey our voice ; he is a glut- 
ton, and a drunkard. 

21. And all the men of his city 
shall stone him with stones, that 
he die : so shalt thou put evil 
away from among you ; and all 
Israel shall hear, and fear. 

Deut. XXVII, 16. Cursed be he 
that setteth light by his father or 
his mother: and all the people 
shall say. Amen. 

Peov. XX, 20. Whoso curseth 
his father or his mother, his lamp 
shall be put out in obscure dark- 
ness. 

Prov. XXX, 17. The eye that 
mocketh at his father, and despis- 
eth to obey his mother, the ra- 
vens of the valley shall pick it 
out, and the young eagles shall 
eat it. 

Gen. XVIII, 19. For I know him, 
that he will command his chil- 
dren, and his household after 
him, and they shall keep the way 
of the Lord, to do justice and 
judgment; that the Lord may 
bring upon Abraham that which 
he hath spoken of him. 

Deut. iv, 9. Only take heed to 
thyself, and keep thy soul dili- 
gently, lest thou forget the things 
which thine eyes have seen, and 
lest they depart from thy heart 
all the days of thy life : but teach 
them thy sons, and thy sons' sons ; 

10. Specially the day that thou 
stoodest before the Lord thy God 
in Horeb, when the Lord said 
unto me. Gather me the people 
together, and I will make them 
hear my words, that they may 
learn to fear me all the days that 
they shall live upon the earth, 
and that they may teach their 
children. 

Prov. iv, 3. For I was my fa- 
ther's son, tender and only be- 
loved in the sight of my mother. 

4. He taught me also, and said 
unto me, Let thine heart retain 
my words : keep my command- 
ments, and live. 



2 Tim. hi, 14. But continue thou 
in the things which thou hast 
learned and hast been assured of, 
knowing of whom thou hast 
learned them ; 

15. And that from a child thou 
hast known the holy Scriptures, 
which are able to make thee wise 
unto salvation through faith 
which is in Christ Jesus. 

4. // Requires REVERENCE and 

Submission to Magistrates 
AND Civil Rulers. 

1 Pet. II, 17. Honor all men. 
Love the brotherhood. Fear God. 
Honor the king. 

2 Pet. ii, 10. But chiefly them 
that walk after the flesh in the 
lust of uncleanness, and despise 
government. Presumptuous are 
they, self-willed, they are not 
afraid to speak evil of dignities. 

Matt, xxii, 21.. They say unto 
him, Cesar's. Then saith he unto 
them. Render therefore unto Ce- 
sar the things which are Cesar's; 
and unto God the things that are 
God's. 

RoM. XIII, 1. Let every soul be 
subject unto the higher powers. 
For there is no power but of God : 
the powers that be are ordained 
of God. 

2. Whosoever therefore resist- 
eth the power, resisteth the ordi- 
nance of God : and they that 
resist shall receive to themselves 
damnation. 

3. For rulers are not a terror to 
good works, but to the evil. Wilt 
thou then not be afraid of the 
power? do that which is good, 
and thou shalt have praise of the 
same : 

4. For he is the minister of God 
to thee for good. But if thou do 
that which is evil, be afraid; for 
he beareth not the sword in vain : 
for he is the minister of God, a 
revenger to execute wrath upon 
him that doeth evil. 

5. Wherefore ye must needs be 
subject, not only for wrath, but 
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tribute also: for they are God's 
ministers, attending continually 
upon this very thing. 

7. Render therefore to all their 
dues: tribute to whom tribute is 
due; custom to whom custom; 
fear to whom fear ; honor to whom 
honor. 

1 Pet. II, 13. Submit yourselves 
to every ordinance of man for 



the Lord's sake: whether it be to 
the king, as supreme; 

14. Oftunto governors, as unto 
them that are sent by him for the 
punishment of evil doers, and for 
the praise of them that do well. 

15. For so is the will of God, 
that with well-doing ye may put 
to silence the ignorance of foolish 
men. 



CHAPTER VI 



THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT. 



Exodus xx, 13 : Thou shalt not kill. 

This command not only prohibits murder, but also 
prohibits all those passions and tempers which would 
lead to murder; such as, hatred, anger, etc. It does 
not prohibit the killing of animals for food; since God 
has granted man the use of animal food. It does not 
prohibit the killing of a fellow-being if necessary to 
self-defense. The law only requires us to love our 
neighbor as ourself; but to suffer ourselves to be killed 
rather than to take the life of an enemy, by whom we 
are assaulted, would be to love him better than 
ourselves. It does not prohibit the taking of life by 
civil authority; for the civil officer is "a minister of 
God; an avenger to execute icrath upon him that doeth 
eviir - 

2 Tim. i, 9. Knowing this, that 
the law is not made for a right- 
eous man, but for the lawless and 
disobedient ; for the ungodly and 
for sinners, for unholy and pro- 
fane, for murderers of fathers and 
murderers of mothers, for man- 
slayers. 

Gen. IX, 6. Whoso sheddeth 
man's blood, by man shall his 



I. Murder is Prohibited. 

Ex. XX, 13. Thou shalt not 
kill. 

Matt, xix, 18. He saith unto 
him, Which ? Jesus said. Thou 
shalt do no murder. Thou shalt 
not commit adultery, Thou shalt 
not steal, Thou shalt not bear 
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blood be shed: for in the image 
of God made he man. 

Ex. XXI, 12. He that smiteth a 
man, so that he die, shall be 
surely put to death. 

Num. XXXV, 16. And if he smite 
him with an instrument of iron, 
so that he die, he is a murderer ; 
the murderer shall surely be put 
to death. 

17. And if he smite him with 
throwing a stone, wherewith he 
may die, and he die, he is a mur- 
derer : the murderer shall surely 
be put to death. 

18. Or if he smite him with a 
hand weapon of wood, wherewith 
he may die, and he die, he is a 
murderer : the murderer shall 
surely be put to death. 

Num. xxxy, 21. Or in enmity 
smite him with his hand, that he 
die: he that smote him shall 
surely be put to death ; for he is 
a murderer : the revenger of 
blood shall slay the murderer, 
when he meeteth him. 

Num. XXXV, 30. Whoso killeth 
any person, the murderer shall 
be put to death by the mouth of 
witnesses : but one witness shall 
not testify against any person to 
cause him to die. 

31. Moreover ye shall take no 
satisfaction for the life of a mur- 
derer, which is guilty of death: 
but he shall be surely put to 
death. 

Ex. XXI, 13. And if a man lie 
not in wait, but God deliver him 
into his hand; then I will ap- 
point thee a place whither he 
shall flee. 

14. But if a man come pre- 
sumptuously upon his neighbor, 
to slay him with guile ; thou shalt 
take him from mine altar, that he 
may die. 

Num. XXXV, 33. So ye shall not 
pollute the land wherein ye are : 
for blood it defileth the land : and 
the land can not be cleansed of 
the blood that is shed therein, but 
by the blood of him that shed it. 

Deut. XIX, 11. But if any man 
hate his neighbor, and lie in wait 



for him, and rise up against him, 
and smite him mortally that he 
die, and fleeth into one of these 
cities; 

12. Then the elders of his city 
shall send and fetch him thence, 
and deliver him into the hand of 
the avenger of blood, that he may 
die. 

13. Thine eye shall not pity 
him, but thou shalt put away the 
guilt of innocent blood from Is- 
rael, that it may go well with 
thee. 

2. Threatenings Against Mur- 
derers. 

Psalm v, 6. Thou shalt destroy 
them that speak leasing: the 
Lord will abhor the bloody and 
deceitful man. 

Psalm lv, 23. But thou, God, 
shalt bring them down into the 
pit of destruction : bloody and 
deceitful men shall not live out 
half their days ; but I will trust 
in thee. 

Prov. VI, 17. A proud look, a 
lying tongue, and hands that 
shed innocent blood. 

Prov. xxviii, 17. A man that 
doeth violence to the blood of 
any person shall flee to the pit; 
let no man stay him. 

Jer. II, 34. Also in thy skirts is 
found the blood of the souls of the 
poor innocents : I have not found 
it by secret search, but upon all 
these. 

Jer. XIX, 3. And say, hear ye 
the Word of the Lord, kings of 
Judah, and inhabitants of Jeru- 
salem; Thus saith the Lord of 
hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, 
I will bring evil upon this place, 
the which whosoever heareth, his 
ears shall tingle. 

4. Because they have forsaken 
me, and have estranged this 
place, and have burned incense 
in it unto other gods, whom nei- 
ther they nor their fathers have 
known, nor the kings of Judah, 
and have filled this place with 
the blood of innocents. 

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live, saith the Lord God, I will 
prepare thee unto blood, and 
blood shall pursue thee: since 
thou hast not hated blood, even 
blood shall pursue thee. 

John viii, 44. Ye are of jour 
father the devil, and the lusts of 
your father ye will do : he was a 
murderer from the beginning, and 
abode not in the truth, because 
there is no truth in him. When 
he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of 
his own : for he is a liar, and the 
father of it. 

1 John hi, 15. Whosoever hat- 
eth his brother is a murderer: 
and ye know that no murderer 
hath eternal life abiding in him. 

3. Cases wherein Killing a 
Man is not to be Pun- 
ished WITH Death. 

Ex. XXII, 2. If a thief be found 
breaking up, and be smitten that 
he die, there shall no blood be 
shed for him. 

3. If the sun be risen upon 
him, there shall be blood shed 
for him; for he should make full 
restitution: if he have nothing, 
then he shall be sold for his 
theft. 

Deut. XIX, 4. And this is the 
case of the slayer, which shall 
flee thither, that he may live: 
Whoso killeth his neighbor igno- 
rantly, whom he hated not in 
time past; 

5. As when a man goeth into 
the wood with his neighbor to 
hew wood, and his hand fetcheth 
n stroke with the ax to cut down 
the tree, and the head slippeth 
from the helve, and lighteth upon 
his neighbor, that he die ; he shall 
flee unto one of those cities, and 
live: 

6. Lest the avenger of the blood 
pursue the slayer, while his heart 
is hot, and overtake him, because 
the way is long, and slay him; 
whereas he was not worthy of 
death, inasmuch as he hated him 
not in time past. 

Num. XXXV, 15. These six cities 
shall be a refuge, both for the 



children of Israel, and for the 
stranger, and for the sojourner 
among them ; that every one that 
killeth any person unawares may 
flee thither. 

Num. XXXV, 22. But if he thrust 
him suddenly without enmity, or 
have cast upon him any thing 
without laying of wait, 

23. Or with any stone, where- 
with a man may die, seeing him 
not, and cast it upon him, that 
he die, and was not his enemy, 
neither sought his harm: 

24. Then the congregation shall 
judge between the slayer and the 
revenger of blood according to 
these judgments :. 

25. And the congregation shall 
deliver the slayer out of the hand 
of the revenger of blood, and the 
congregation shall restore him to 
the city of his refuge, whether 
he was fled: and he shall abide 
in it unto the death of the high 
priest, which was anointed with 
the holy oil. 

4. Human Life Authorized to 
be taken by the Civil Gov- 
ernment. 

Dkut. XVII, 12. And the man 
that will do presumptuously, and 
will not hearken unto the priest 
that standeth to minister there 
before the Lord thy God, or unto 
the judge, even that man shall 
die: and thou shalt put away the 
evil from Israel. 

Joshua i, 18. Whosoever he be 
that doth rebel against thy com- 
mandment, and will not hearken 
unto thy words in all that thou 
commandest him, he shall be put 
to death : only be strong and of a 
good courage. 

Ezra vii, 26. And whosoever 
will not do the law of thy God, 
and the law of the king, let judg- 
ment be executed speedily upon 
him, whether it be unto death, or 
to banishment, or to confiscation 
of goods, or to imprisonment. 

RoM. XIII, 1. Let every soul be 
subject unto the higher powers. 
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the powers that be are ordained 
of God. 

2. Whosoever therefore resist- 
eth the power, resisteth the or- 
dinance of God: and they that 
resist shall receive to themselves 
damnation. 

3. For rulers are not a terror to 
good works, but to the evil. Wilt 
thou then not be afraid of the 
power? do that which is good, 
and thou shalt have the praise 
of the same : 

4. For he is the minister of God 
to thee for good. But if thou do 
that which is evil, be afraid; for 
he beareth not the sword in vain : 
for he is the minister of God, a 
revenger to execute wrath upon 
him that doeth evil. 

6. Wherefore ye must needs be 
subject, not only for wrath, but 
also for conscience* sake. 

6. For, for this cause pay ye 
tribute also: for they are God's 
ministers, attending continually 
upon this very thing. 

1 Peter ii, 13. Submit your- 
selves to every ordinance of man 
for the Lord's sake: whether it 
be to the king, as supreme; 

14. Or unto governors, as unto 
them that are sent by him for the 
punishment of evildoers, and for 
the praise of them that do well. 

5. Hatred Forbidden. 

1 John ii, 9. He that saith he 
is in the light, and hateth his 
brother, is in darkness even until 
now. 

1 John ii, 11. But he that hat- 
eth his brother is in darkness, and 
waiketh in darkness, and know- 
eth not whither he goeth, because 
that darkness hath blinded his 
eyes. 

1 John hi, 13. Marvel not, my 
brethren, if the world hate you. 

14. We know that we have 
passed from death unto life, be- 
cause we love the brethren. He 
that loveth not his brother abid- 
eth in death. 

15. Whosoever hateth his broth- 
er is a murderer : and ye know that 



no murderer hath eternal life 
abiding in him. 

1 John iV, 20. If a man say, I 
love God, and hateth his brother, 
he is a liar: for he that loveth 
not his brother whom he hath 
seen, how can he love God whom 
he hath not seen ? 

6. Malice Forbidden. 

Eph. IV, 31. Let all bitterness, 
and wrath, and anger, and clamor, 
and evil speaking, be put away 
from you, with all malice. 

CoL. Ill, 8. But now ye also put 
off all these; anger, wrath, mal- 
ice, blasphemy, filthy communi- 
cation out of your mouth. 

1 Peter it, 1. Wherefore laying 
aside all malice, and all guile, 
and hypocrisies, and envies, and 
all evil speakings. 

Titus hi, 3. For we ourselves 
also were sometime foolish, diso- 
bedient, deceived, serving divers 
lusts and pleasures, living in 
malice and envy, hateful, and 
hating one another. 

3 John, 9. I wrote unto the 
church : but Diotrephes, who 
loveth to have the pre-eminence 
among them, receiveth us not. 

10. Wherefore, if I come, I will 
remember his deeds which he do- 
eth, prating against us with ma- 
licious words: and not content 
therewith, neither doth he him- 
self receive the brethren, and 
forbiddeth them that would, and 
casteth them out of the church. 

James hi, 14. But if ye have 
bitter envying and strife in your 
hearts, glory not, and ^ lie not 
against the truth. 

15. This wisdom descendeth 
not from above, but is earthly, 
sensual, devilish. 

16. For where envying and 
strife is, there is confusion and 
every evil work. 

7. Anger Forbidden. 

EccL. VII, 9. Be not hasty in 
thy spirit to be angry: for anger 
resteth in the bosom of fools. 

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angry dealeth foolishly: and a 
man of wicked devices is hated. 

Prov. XVI, 32. He that is slow to 
anger is better than the mighty; 
and he that ruleth his spirit than 
he that taketh a city. 

Prov. xxix, 22. An angry man 
stirreth up strife, and a furious 
man aboundeth in transgressions. 

Matt, v, 22. But I say unto 
you, That whosoever is angry 
with his brother without a cause 
shall be in danger of the judg- 
ment: and whosoever shall say 
to his brother, Eaca, shall be in 
danger of the council: but who- 
soever shall say. Thou fool, shall 
be in danger of hell fire. 

Eph. IV, 31. Let all bitterness, 
and wrath, and anger, and clam- 
or, and evil speaking, be put 
away from you, with all malice. 

8. Wrath Forbidden. 

Prov. xxiv, 29. Say not, I will 
do so to him as he hath done to 
me : I will render to the man ac- 
cording to his works. 

Prov. xiv, 29. He that is slow 
to wrath is of great understand- 
ing : but he that is hasty of spirit 
exalteth folly. 

Prov. xix, 19. A man of great 
wrath shall suffer punishment: 
for if thou deliver him, yet thou 
must do it again. 

Prov. xii, 16. He that oppress- 
eth the poor to increase his riches, 
and he that giveth to the rich, 
shall surely come to want. 

Prov. xxi, 24. Proud and 
haughty scorner is his name, 
who dealeth in proud wrath. 

Prov.' xxii, 3. A prudent man 
foreseeth the evil, and hideth him- 
self : but the simple pass on, and 
are punished. 

EoM. xii, 19. Dearly beloved, 
avenge not yourselves, but rather 
give place unto wrath: for it is 



written. Vengeance is mine; I 
will repay, saith the Lord. 

Eph. IV, 26. Be ye angry, and 
sin not : let not the sun go down 
upon your wrath. 

Eph. IV, 31. Let all bitterness, 
and wrath, and anger, and clam- 
or, and evil speaking, be put 
away from you, with all malice. 

James i, 19. Wherefore, my be- 
loved brethren, let every man be 
swift to hear, slow to speak, slow 
to wrath : 

20. For the wrath of man 
worketh not the righteousness of 
God. 

9, Contention Forbidden. 

Prov. xiii, 10. Only by pride 
cometh contention : but with the 
well advised is wisdom. 

Prov. xvii, 14. The beginning 
of strife is as when one letteth 
out water: therefore leave off 
contention, before it be meddled 
with. 

Prov. xviii, 6. A fooPs lips en- 
ter into contention, and his mouth 
calleth for strokes. 

Prov. xii, 10. A righteous man 
regardeth the life of his beast: 
but the tender mercies of the 
wicked are cruel. 

Prov. xxvi, 21. As coals are to 
burning coals, and wood to fire; 
so is a contentious man to kindle 
strife. 

Prov. xxix, 9. If a wise man 
contendeth with a foolish man, 
whether he rage or laugh, there is 
no rest. 

EoM. II, 8. But unto them that 
are contentious, and do not obey 
the truth, but obey unrighteous- 
ness, indignation, and wrath. 

Titus hi, 9. But avoid foolish 
questions, and genealogies, and 
contentions, and strivings about 
the law ; for they are unprofitable 
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THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT. 



Exodus xx, 14 : Thou shalt not commit adultery. 



1. The Statement of the Law. 

Ex. XX, 14. Thou shalt not com- 
mit adultery. 

Mark x, 19. Thou knowest the 
commandments, Do not commit 
adultery, Do not kill, Do not 
steal, Do not bear false witness. 
Defraud not, Honor thy father 
and mother. 

James ii, 11. For he that said. 
Do not commit adultery, said 
also, Do not kill. Now if thou 
commit no adultery, yet if thou 
kill, thou art become a transgres- 
sor of the law. 

Deut. XXIII, 17. There shall be 
no whore of the daughters of Is- 
rael, nor a sodomite of the sons 
of Israel. 

Lev. XIX, 29. Do not prostitute 
thy daughter, to cause her to be 
a whore; lest the land fall to 
whoredom, and the land become 
full of wickedness. 

2. Threatenings Against For- 

nication, Adultery, etc. 

Ex. XXII, 16. And if a man en- 
tice a maid that is not betrothed, 
and lie with her, he shall surely 
endow her to be his wife. 

17. If her father utterly refuse 
to give her unto him, he shall 
pay money according to the dowry 
of virgins. 

Lev. XVIII, 20. Moreover thou 
shalt not lie carnally with thy 
neighbor's wife, to defile thyself 
with her. 

Lev. XX, 10. And the man that 
committeth adultery with another 
man's wife, even he that commit- 
teth adultery with his neighbor's 



wife, the adulterer and the adul- 
teress shall surely be put to 
death. 

Lev. XXI, 7. They shall not 
take a wife that is a whore, or 
profane; neither shall they take 
a woman put away from her hus- 
band : for he is holy unto his 
God. 

Deut. xxii, 22. If a man be 
found lying with a woman mar- 
ried to a husband, then they shall 
both of them die, both the man 
that lay with the woman, and the 
woman : so shalt thou put away 
evil from Israel. 

23. If a damsel that is a virgin 
be betrothed unto a husband, and 
a man find her in the city, and 
lie with her ; 

24. Then ye shall bring them 
both out unto the gate of that 
city, and ye shall stone them 
with stones that they die ; the 
damsel, because she cried not, be- 
ing in the city ; and the man, 
because he hath humbled his 
neighbor's wife : so thou shalt 
put away evil from among you. 

25. But if a man find a be- 
trothed damsel in the field, and 
the man force her, and lie with 
her ; then the man only that lay 
with her shall die: 

26. But unto the damsel thou 
shalt do nothing; there is in the 
damsel no sin worthy of death : for 
as when a man riseth against his 
neighbor, and slayeth him, even 
so is this matter: 

27. For he found her in the 
field, and the betrothed damsel 
cried, and there was none to save 
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28. If a man fiiid a damsel that 
is a virgin, which, is not betrothed, 
and lay hold on her, and lie with 
her, and they be found : 

29. Then the man that lay with 
her shall give unto the damsel's 
father fifty shekels of silver, and 
she shall be his wife ; because he 
hath humbled her, he may not 
put her away all his days. 

Deut. XXIII, 17. There shall be 
no whore of the daughters of Is- 
rael, nor a sodomite of the sons 
of Israel. 

18. Thou shalt not bring the 
hire of a whore, or the price of a 
dog, into the house of the Lord 
thy God for any vow : for even 
both these are abomination unto 
the Lord thy God. 

Prov. V, 3. For the lips of a 
strange woman drop as a honey- 
comb, and her mouth is smoother 
than oil: 

4. But her end is bitter as 
wormwood, sharp as a two-edged 
sword. 

5. Her feet go down to death; 
her steps take hold on hell. 

Prov. vi, 24. To keep thee from 
the evil woman, from the flattery 
of the tongue of a strange wo- 
man. 

25. Lust not after her beauty 
in thine heart; neither let her 
take thee with her eyelids. 

26. For by means of a whorish 
woman a man is brought to a 
piece of bread : and the adul- 
teress will hunt for the precious 
life. 

27. Can a man take fire in his 
bosom, and his clothes not be 
burned ? 

28. Can one go upon hot coals, 
and his feet not be burned? 

29. So he that goeth in to his 
neighbor's wife ; whosoever touch- 
eth her shall not be innocent. 

Prov. vi, 32. But whoso com- 
mitteth adultery with a woman 
lacketh understanding: he that 
doeth it destroyeth his own soul. 

33. A wound and dishonor shall 
he get; and his reproach shall 
not be wiped away. 



34. For jealousy is the rage of 
a man : therefore he will not 
spare in the day of vengeance. 

35. He will not regard any ran- 
som ; neither will he rest con- 
tent, though thou givest many 
gifts. 

Prov. vii, 6. For at the window 
of my house I looked through my 
casement, 

7. And beheld among the sim- 
ple ones, I discerned among the 
youths, a young man void of un- 
derstanding, 

8. Passing through the street 
near her corner ; and he went the 
way to her house, 

9. In the twilight, in the even- 
ing, in the black and dark night: 

10. And, behold, there met him 
a woman with the attire of a har- 
lot, and subtile of heart. 

11. (She is loud and stubborn; 
her feet abide not in her house : 

12. l!^ow she is without, now in 
the streets, and lieth in wait at 
every corner.) 

13. So she caught him, and 
kissed him, and with an impu- 
dent face said unto him, 

14. I have peace-ofi'erings with 
me ; this day have I paid my 
vows. 

15. Therefore came I forth to 
meet thee, diligently to seek thy 
face, and I have found thee. 

16. I have decked my bed with 
coverings of tapestry, with carved 
works, with fine linen of Egypt. 

I 17. I have perfumed my bed 
I with myrrh, aloes, and cinna- 
i mon. 

I 18. Come, let us take our fill of 
j love until the morning : let us 
I solace ourselves with loves. 
! 19. For the goodman is not at 
I home, he is gone a long journey: 

20. He hath taken a bag of 
I money with him^ and will come 

home at the day appointed. 

21. With her much fair speech 
she caused him to yield, with the 
flattering of her lips she forced 
him. 

22. He goeth after her straight- 
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slaughter, or as a fool to the cor- 
rection of the stocks ; 

23. Till a dart strike through 
his liver: as a bird hasteth to the 
snare, and knoweth not that it is 
for his life. 

Prov. IX, 13. A foolish woman 
is clamorous: she is simple, and 
knoweth nothing. 

14. For she sitteth at the door 
of her house, on a seat in the high 
places of the city, 

15. To call passengers who go 
right on their ways : 

16. Whoso is simple, let him 
turn in hither.: and as for him 
that wanteth understanding, she 
saith to him, 

17. Stolen waters are sweet, and 
bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 

18. But he knoweth not that 
the dead are there ; and that her 
guests are in the depths of hell. 

Prov. xxii, 14. The mouth of 
strange women is a deep pit : he 
that is abhorred of the Lord shall 
fall therein. 

Prov. xxiii, 27. For a whore is a 
deep ditch ; and a strange woman 
is a narrow pit. 

28. She also lieth in wait as for 
a prey, and increaseth the trans- 
gressors among men. 

Prov. xxxi, 3. Give not thy 
strength unto women, nor thy 
ways to that which destroyeth 
kings. 

EccL. VII, 26. And I find more 
bitter than death the woman, 
whose heart is snares and nets, 
and her hands as bands : whoso 
pleaseth God shall escape from 
her; but the sinner shall be taken 
by her. 

HosEA IV, 2. By swearing, and 
lying, and killing, and stealing, 
and committing adultery, they 
break out, and blood toucheth 
blood. 

3. Therefore shall the land 
mourn, and every one that dwell- 
eth therein shall languish, with 
the beasts of the field, and with 
the fowls of heaven ; yea, the 
fishes of the sea also shall be 
taken away. 



Mal. Ill, 5. And I will come 
near to you to judgment, and I 
will be a swift witness against the 
sorcerers, and against the adul- 
terers, and against false swearers, 
and against those that oppress the 
hireling in his wages, the widow, 
and the fatherless, and that turn 
aside the stranger from his right, 
and fear not me, saith the Lord of 
hosts. 

EoM. I, 28. And even as they 
did not like to retain God in their 
knowledge, God gave them over 
to a reprobate mind, to do those 
things which are not convenient ; 

29. Being filled with all un- 
righteousness, fornication, wick- 
edness, covetousness, malicious- 
ness ; full of envy, murder, de- 
bate, deceit, malignity. 

1 CoR. IV, 16. Wherefore I 
beseech you be ye followers of 
me. 

17. For this cause have I sent 
unto you Timotheus, who is my 
beloved son, and faithful in the 
Lord, who shall bring you into 
remembrance of my ways which 
be in Christ, as I teach every- 
where in every Church. 

1 Cor. V, 1. It is reported com- 
monly that there is fornication 
among you, and such fornication 
as is not so much as named among 
the Gentiles, that one should have 
his father's wife. 

1 CoR. V, 11. But now I have 
written unto you not to keep com- 
pany, if any man that is called a 
brother be a fornicator, or covet- 
ous, or an idolater, or a railer, or 
a drunkard, or an extortioner ; 
with such a one no not to eat. 

1 CoR. VI, 9. Know ye not that 
the unrighteous shall not inherit 
the kingdom of God ? Be not de- 
ceived : neither fornicators, nor 
idolaters, nor adulterers, nor ef- 
feminate, nor abusers of them- 
selves with mankind, 

10. Xor thieves, nor covetous, 
nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor 
extortioners, shall inherit the 
kingdom of God. 

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commit fornication, as some of 
them committed, and fell in one 
day three and twenty thou- 
sand. 

IN'uM. XXV, 1. And Israel abode 
in Shittim, and the people began 
to commit whoredom with the 
daughters of Moab. 

2. And they called the people 
unto the sacrifices of their gods : 
and the people did eat, and bowed 
down to their gods. 

3. And Israel joined himself 
unto Baal-peor j and the anger 
of the Lord was kindled against 
Israel. 

4. And the Lord said unto 
Moses, Take all the heads of the 
people, and hang them up before 
the Lord against the sun, that the 
fierce anger of the Lord may be 
turned away from Israel. 

5. And Moses said unto the 
judges of Israel, Slay ye every 
one his men that were joined unto 
Baal-peor. 

6. And, behold, one of the 
children of Israel came and 
brought unto his brethren a 
Midianitish woman in the sight 
of Moses, and in the sight of all 
the congregation of the children 
of Israel, who were weeping be- 
fore the door of the tabernacle of 
the congregation. 

7. And when Phinehas, the son 
of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the 
priest, saw it, he rose up from 
among the congregation, and took 
a javelin in his hand; 

8. And he went after the man 
of Israel into the tent, and thrust 
both of them through, the man 
of Israel, and the woman through 
her belly. So the plague was 
staid from the children of Is- 
rael. 

9. And those that died in the 
plague w^ere twenty and four 
thousand. 

2 CoR. XII, 20. For I fear, lest, 
when I come, I shall not fijid you 
such as I would, and that I shall 
be found unto you such as ye 
would not: lest there be debates, 
envyiiigs, wraths, strifes, back- 



bitings, whisperings, swellings, 
tumults: 

21. And lest, when I come 
again, my God will humble me 
among you, and that I shall 
bewail many which have sinned 
already, and have not repented 
of the uncleanness, and fornica- 
tion, and lasciviousness which 
they have committed. 

Gal. V, 19. Now the works of 
the flesh are manifest, which are 
these. Adultery, fornication, un- 
cleanness, lasciviousness, 

20. Idolatry, witchcraft, ha- 
tred, variance, emulations, wrath, 
strife, seditions, heresies, 

21. Envyings, murders, drunk- 
enness, revelings, and such like: 
of the which I tell you before, as 
I have also told you in time past, 
that they which do such things 
shall not inherit the kingdom of 
God. 

Eph. V, 5. For this ye know, 
that no whoremonger, nor un- 
clean person, nor covetous man, 
who is an idolater, hath any in- 
heritance in the kingdom of Christ 
and of God. 

6. Let no man deceive you with 
vain words : for because of these 
things Cometh the wrath of God 
upon the children of disobedi- 
ence. 

1 CoR. VI, 15. Know ye not that 
your bodies are the members of 
Christ? shall I then take the 
members of Christ, and make 
them the members of a harlot ? 
God forbid. 

Col. Ill, 5. Mortify therefore 
your members which are upon 
the earth ; fornication, unclean- 
ness, inordinate affection, evil 
concupiscence, and covetousness, 
which is idolatry : 

6. For which things' sake the 
wrath of God cometh on the chil- 
dren of disobedience. 

Heb. XIII, 4. Marriage is hon- 
orable in all, and the bed unde- 
filed: but whoremongers and 
adulterers God will judge. 

JuDE, 7. Even as Sodom and 
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them in like manner, giving 
themselves over to fornication, 
and going after strange flesh, are 
set forth for an example, suffering 
the vengeance of eternal fire. 

2 Pet. ii, 14. Having eyes full 
of adultery, and that can not 
cease from sin; beguiling unsta- 
ble souls : a heart they have ex- 
ercised with covetous practices; 
cursed children. 

1 Tim. I, 10. For whoremongers, 
for them that defile themselves 
with mankind, for men-stealers, 
for liars, for perjured persons, and 
if there be any other thing that is 
contrary to sound doctrine. 

Eev. XXI, 8. But the fearful, 
and unbelieving, and the abom- 
inable, and murderers, and whore- 
mongers, and sorcerers, and idol- 
aters, and all liars, shall have 
their part in the lake which burn- 
eth with fire and brimstone : 
which is the second death. 

3, Impure Thoughts Con- 

' DEMNED. 

Matt, v, 28. But I say unto 
you. That whosoever looketh on a 
woman to lust after her hath 
committed adultery with her al- 
ready in his heart. 

Matt, xv, 19. For out of the 
heart proceed evil thoughts, mur- 
ders, adulteries, fornications, 
thefts, false witness, blasphemies. 

4. Polygamy Forbidden. 

Mal. II, 15. And did not he 
make one ? Yet had he the resi- 
due of the Spirit. And wherefore 
one? That he might seek a god- 
ly seed. Therefore take heed to 
your spirit, and let none deal 
treacherously against the wife of 
his youth. 

16. For the Lord, the God of 
Israel, saith that he hateth put- 
ting away : for one covereth vio- 
lence with his garment, saith the 
Lord of hosts : therefore take heed 
to your spirit, that ye deal not 
treacherously. 

1 Cor. VII, 2. Nevertheless, to 
avoid fornication, let every man 



have his own wife, and let every 
woman have her own husband. 

Lev. XVIII, 18. Neither shalt 
thou take a wife to her sister, to 
vex her, to uncover her naked- 
ness, beside the other in her life- 
time. 

Deut. XVII, 15. Thou shalt in 
any wise set him king over thee, 
whom the Lord thy God shall 
choose : one from among thy 
brethren shalt thou set king over 
thee : thou mayest not set a stran- 
ger over thee, which is not thy 
brother. 

16. But he shall not multiply 
horses to himself, nor cause the 
people to return to Egypt, to the 
end that he should multiply 
horses : forasmuch as the Lord 
hath said unto you, Ye shall 
henceforth return no more that 
way. 

17. Neither shall he multiply 
wives to himself, that his heart 
turn not away : neither shall he 
greatly multiply to himself silver 
and gold. 

1 Kings xi, 1. But king Solo- 
mon loved many strange women, 
together with the daughter of 
Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, 
Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, 
and Hittites. 

1 Kings xt, 3. And he had seven 
hundred wives, princesses, and 
three hundred concubines : and 
his wives turned away his heart, 

4. For it came to pass, when 
Solomon was old, that his wives 
turned away his heart after other 
gods : and his heart was not per- 
fect with the Lord his God, as 
was the heart of David his fa- 
ther. 

Matt, xix, 9. And I say unto 
you. Whosoever shall put away 
his wife, except it be for fornica- 
tion, and shall marry another, 
committeth adultery : and whoso 
marrieth her which is put away 
doth commit adultery. 

Mark x, 6. But from the be- 
ginning of the creation God made 
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leave his father and mother, and 
cleave to his wife ; 

8. And they twain shall be one 
flesh : so then they are no more 
twain, but one flesh. 

9. What therefore God hath 
joined together, let not man put 
asunder. 

10. And in the house his dis- 
ciples asked him again of the 
same matter. 

11. And he saith unto them, 
Whosoever shall put away his 
wife, and marry another, com- 
mitteth adultery against her. 

12. And if a woman shall put 
away her husband, and be mar- 
ried to another, she committeth 
adultery. 

1 Tim. Ill, 2. A bishop then 
must be blameless, the husband 
of one wife, vigilant, sober, of 
good behavior, given to hospital- 
ity, apt to teach. 

1 Tim. Ill, 12. Let the deacons 
be the husbands of one wife, rul- 
ing their children and their own 
houses well. 

5. Against Divorce. 

1 Cor. VII, 10. And unto the 
married I command, yet not I, 
but the Lord, Let not the wife de- 
part from her husband : 

11. But and if she depart, let 
her remain unmarried, or be rec- 
onciled to her husband : and let 
not the husband put away his wife. 

EoM. VII, 2. For the woman 
which hath a husband is bound 
by the law to her husband so long 
as he liveth ; but if the husband 
be dead, she is loosed from the 
law of her husband. 

3. So then if, while her husband 
liveth, she be married to another 
man, she shall be called an adul- 
teress: but if her husband be 
dead, she is free from that law; so 
that she is no adulteress, though 
she be married to another man. 

Matt, xix, 3. The Pharisees 
also came unto him, tempting 
him, and saying unto him. Is it 
lawful for a man to put away his 
wife for every cause? 



4. And he answered and said 
unto them, Have ye not read, that 
he which made them at the be- 
ginning made them male and fe- 
male, 

5. And said. For this cause shall 
a man leave father and mother, 
and shall cleave to his wife : and 
they twain shall be one flesh ? 

6. Wherefore they are no more 
twain, but one flesh. What there- 
fore God hath joined together, let 
not man put asunder. 

7. They say unto him, Why did 
Moses then command to give a 
writing of divorcement, and to 
put her away ? 

8. He said unto them, Moses 
because of the hardness of your 
hearts sufi'ered you to put away 
your wives : but from the begin- 
ning it was not so. 

1 Tim. Ill, 2. A bishop then 
must be blameless, the husband 
of one wife, vigilant, sober, of 
good behavior, given to hospital- 
ity, apt to teach. 

Mal. II, 15. And did not he 
make one ? Yet had he the resi- 
due of the Spirit. And wherefore 
one ? That he might seek a godly 
seed. Therefore take heed to 
your spirit, and let none deal 
treacherously against the wife of 
his youth. 

16. For the Lord, the God of 
Israel, saith that he hateth put- 
ting away : for one covereth vio- 
lence with his garment, saith the 
Lord of hosts : therefore take heed 
to your spirit, that ye deal not 
treacherously. 

Mark x, 1. And he arose from 
thence, and cometh into the coasts 
of Judea by the farther side of 
Jordan: and the people resort 
unto him again; and, as he was 
wont, he taught them again. 

2. And the Pharisees came to 
him, and asked him. Is it lawful 
for a man to put away his wife? 
tempting him. 

3. And he answered and said 
unto them. What did Moses com- 
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to write a bill of divorcement, and 
to put her away. 

5. And Jesus answered and said 
unto them, For the hardness of 
your heart he wrote you this pre- 
cept. 

6. But from the beginning of 
the creation God made them male 
and female. 

7. For this cause shall a man 
leave his father and mother, and 
cleave to his wife ; 

8. And they twain shall be one 
flesh : so then they are no more 
twain, but one flesh. 

9. What therefore God hath 
joined together, let not man put 
asunder. 

10. And in the house his disci- 
ples asked him again of the same 
matter. 



11. And he saith unto them, 
Whosoever shall put away his 
wife, and marry another, com- 
mitteth adultery against her. 

12. And if a woman shall put 
away her husband, and be mar- 
ried to another, she committeth 
adultery. 

Matt, xix, 9. And I say unto 
you. Whosoever shall put away 
his wife, except it be for fornica- 
tion, and shall marry another, 
committeth adultery : and whoso 
marrieth her which is put away 
doth commit adultery. 

Luke xvi, 18. Whosoever put- 
teth away his wife, and marrieth 
another, committeth adultery : 
and whosoever marrieth her that 
is put away from her husband 
committeth adultery. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT, 



Exodus xx, 15: Thou shalt not steal. 



I. Theft Forbidden. 

Ex. XX, 15. Thou shalt not 
steal. 

Lev. XIX, 11. Ye shall not 
steal, neither deal falsely, nei- 
ther lie one to another. 

Deut. V, 19. Neither shalt thou 
steal. 

Eoif. XIII, 9. For this, Thou 
shalt not commit adultery. Thou 
shalt not kill. Thou shalt not 
steal, Thou shalt not bear false 
witness. Thou shalt not covet; 
and if there be any other com- 
mandment, it is briefly compre- 
hended in this saying, namely, 
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as 
thyself. 

Eph. IV, 28. Let him that stole 
steal no more: but rather let him 
labor, working with his hands 



the thing which is good, that he 
may have to give to him that 
needeth. 

1 Peter iv, 15. But let none of 
you sufier as a murderer, or as a 
thief, or as an evildoer, or as a 
busybody in other men's matters. 

2. Threatenings against Theft. 

Zech. V, 4. I will bring it forth, 
saith the Lord of hosts, and it 
shall enter into the house of the 
thief, and into the house of him 
that sweareth falsely by my name : 
and it shall remain in the midst 
of his house, and shall consume 
it with the timber thereof and 
the stones thereof. 

1 Cor. VI, 10. Kor thieves, nor 
covetous, nor drunkards, nor re- 
vilers, nor extortioners, shall in- 
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HosEA IV, 2. By swearing, and 
lying, and killing, and stealing, 
and committing adultery, they 
break out, and blood toucheth 
blood. 

3. Therefore shall the land 
mourn, and every one that dwell- 
eth therein shall languish, with 
the beasts of the field, and with 
the fowls of heaven; yea, the 
fishes of the sea also shall be 
taken away. 

Ex. XXI, 16. And he that steal- 
eth a man, and selleth him, or if 
he be found in his hand, he shall 
surely be put to death. 

Ex. XXII, 1. If a man steal an 
ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell 
it; he shall restore five oxen for 
an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. 

Joshua vii, 11. Israel hath 
sinned, and they have also trans- 
gpessed my covenant which I 
commanded them: for they have 
even taken of the accursed thing, 
and have also stolen, and dissem- 
bled also, and they have put it 
even among their own stuff. 

12. Therefore the children of 
Israel could not stand before 
their enemies, but turned their 
backs before their enemies, be- 
cause they were accursed: nei- 
ther will I be with you any more, 
except ye destroy the accursed 
from among you. 

Prov. xxix, 24. Whoso is part- 
ner with a thief hateth his own 
soul : he heareth cursing, and be- 
wray eth it not. 

3. Threatenings against Rob- 
bery. 

Isaiah lxi, 8. For I the Lord 
love judgment, I hate robbery 
for burnt-offering; and I will 
direct their work in truth, and I 
will make an everlasting cove- 
nant with them. 

Lev. XIX, 13. Thou shalt not 
defraud thy neighbor, neither 
rob him: the wages of him that 
is hired shall not abide with thee 
all night until the morning. 

Prov. xxi, 7. The robbery of 
the wicked shall destroy them; 



because they refuse to do judg- 
ment. 

EzEK. XXII, 29. The people of 
the land have used oppression, 
and exercised robbery, and have 
vexed the poor and needy: yea, 
they have oppressed the stranger 
wrongfully. 

Amos hi, 10. I have sent among 
you the pestilence after the man- 
ner of Egypt: your young men 
have I slain with the sword, and 
have taken away your horses; 
and I have made the stink of 
your camps to come up unto 
your nostrils : yet have ye not 
returned unto me, saith the Lord. 

11. I have overthrown some of 
you, as God overthrew Sodom and 
Gomorrah, and ye were as a fire- 
brand plucked out of the burn- 
ing: yet have ye not returned 
unto me, saith the Lord. 

Nahum III, 1. Woe to the bloody 
cityl it is all full of lies and rob- 
bery ; the prey departeth not. 

4. Fraud and Cheating For- 
bidden. 

Lev. XIX, 11. Ye shall not steal, 
neither deal falsely, neither lie 
one to another. 

Prov. xx, 14. It is naught, it 
is naught, saith the buyer: but 
when he is gone his way, then 
he boasteth. 

Lev. XIX, 35. Ye shall do no 
unrighteousness in judgment, in 
meteyard, in weight, or in meas- 
ure. 

36. Just balances, just weights, 
a just ephah, and a just hin, shall 
ye have : I am the Lord your God, 
which brought you out of the land 
of Egypt. 

Lev. XXV, 14. And if thou sell 
aught unto thy neighbor, or buy- 
est aught of thy neighbor's hand, 
ye shall not oppress one another. 

Deut. XXV, 13. Thou shalt not 
have in thy bag divers weights, 
a great and a small : 

14. Thou shalt not have in 
thine house divers measures, a 
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and just weight, a perfect and 
just measure shalt thou have: 
that thy days may be lengthened 
in the land which the Lord thy 
God giveth thee. 

16. For all that do such things, 
and all that do unrighteously, are 
an abomination unto the Lord thy 
God. 

Prov. XI, 1. A false balance is 
abomination to the Lord: but a 
just weight is his delight. 

1 Thess. IV, 6. That no man go 
beyond and defraud his brother 
in any matter: because that the 
Lord is the avenger of all such 
as we also have forewarned you 
and testified. 

Prov. xvi, 11. A just weight 
and balance are the Lord's: all 
the weights of the bag are his 
work. 

HosEA XII, 7. He is a merchant, 
the balances of deceit are in his 
hand: he loveth to oppress. 

8. And Ephraim said, Yet I am 
become rich, I have found me out 
substance : in all my labors they 
shall find none iniquity in me 
that were sin. 

5. Precepts Concerning Landed 
Property. 

Deut. XIX, 14. Thou shalt not 
remove thy neighbor's landmark, 
which they of old time have set 
in thine inheritance, which thou 
shalt inherit in the land that the 
Lord thy God giveth thee to pos- 
sess it. 

Deut. xxvii, 17. Which may go 
out before them, and which may 
go in before them, and which 
may lead them out, and which 
may bring them in; that the 
congregation of the Lord be not 
as sheep which have no shep- 
herd. 

Ex. XXII, 5. And when Aaron 
saw it, he built an altar before it; 
and Aaron made proclamation, 
and said. To-morrow is a feast to 
the Lord. 

6. And they rose up early on the 
morrow, and ofifered burnt-offer- 
ings, and brought peace-oU'eriiigs ; 



and the people sat down to eat and 
to drink, and rose up to play. 

Job XXIV, 2. Some remove the 
landmarks; they violently take 
away flocks, and feed thereof. 

3. They drive away the ass of 
the fatherless, they take the wid- 
ow's ox for a pledge. 

Prov. xxii, 28. Remove not the 
ancient landmark, which thy fa- 
thers have set. 

Prov. xxiii, 10. Remove not 
the old landmark ; and enter not 
into the fields of the fatherless : 

11. For their Redeemer is migh- 
ty ; he shall plead their cause with 
thee. 

6. Precepts Concerning Things 
Founds Loaned^ or Intrusted 
to Others, 

Lev. VI, 1. And the Lord spake 
unto Moses, saying, 

2. If a soul sin, and commit a 
trespass against the Lord, and lie 
unto his neighbor in that which 
was delivered him to keep, or in 
fellowship, or in a thing taken 
away by violence, or hath de- 
ceived his neighbor; 

3. Or have found that which 
was lost, and lieth concerning it, 
and sweareth falsely; in any of 
all these that a man doeth, sin- 
ning therein : 

4. Then it shall be, because he 
hath sinned, and is guilty, that 
he shall restore that which he 
took violently away, or the thing 
which he hath deceitfully gotten, 
or that which was delivered him 
to keep, or the lost thing which 
he found, 

5. Or all that about which he 
hath sworn falsely;, he shall 
even restore it in the principal, 
and shall add the fifth part more 
thereto, and give it unto him to 
whom it appertaineth, in the day 
of his trespass-ofi*ering. 

6. And he shall bring his tres- 
pass-off'ering unto the Lord, a 
ram without blemish out of the 
flock, with thy estimation, for a 
trespass-off'eriiig, unto the priest. 

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killeth a beast shall make it 
good; beast for beast. 

Ex. XXII, 9. For all manner of 
trespass, whether it be for ox, for 
ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for 
any manner of lost thing, which 
another challengeth to be his, the 
cause of both parties shall come 
before the judges; and whom the 
judges shall condemn, he shall 
pay double unto his neighbor. 

10. If a man deliver unto his 
neighbor an ass, or an ox, or a 
sheep, or any beast, to keep ; and 
it die, or be hurt, or driven away, 
no man seeiug it: 

11. Then shall an oath of the 
Lord be between them both, that 
he hath not put his hand unto 
his neighbor's goods; and the 
owner of it shall accept thereof, 
and he shall not make it good. 

12. And if it be stolen from 
him, he shall make restitution 
unto the owner thereof. 

13. If it be torn in pieces, then 
let him bring it for witness, and 
he shall not make good that 
which was torn. 

14. And if a man borrow aught 
of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or 
die, the owner thereof being not 
with it, he shall surely make it 
good. 

15. But if the owner thereof be 
with it, he shall not make it good : 
if it be a hired thing, it came for 
his hire. 

7. Restitution to be made to 
THE Injured. 

Lev. VI, 6. Or all that about 
which he hath sworn falsely; he 
shall even restore it in the prin- 
cipal, and shall add the fifth part 
more thereto, and give it unto 
him to whom it appertaineth, in 
the day of his trespass-offering. 

1 Sam. XII, 3. Behold, here I 
am : witness against me before 
the Lord, and before his anointed: 
whose OX have I taken ? or whose 
ass have I taken? or whom have 
I defrauded? whom have I op- 
pressed? or of whose hand have 
I received any bribe to blind 



mine eyes therewith? and I will 
restore it you. 

Luke xix, 8. I tell you that he 
will avenge them speedily. Nev- 
ertheless, when the Son of man 
Cometh, shall he find faith on 
the earth? 

Psalm xxxvii, 21. The wicked 
borroweth, and payeth not again : 
but the righteous sheweth mercy, 
and giveth. 

Gen. xliii, 12. And take double 
money in your hand; and the 
money that was brought again in 
the mouth of your sacks, carry it 
again in your hand; peradven- 
ture it was an oversight. 

Gen. xliv, 8. Behold, the mon- 
ey, which we found in our sacks' 
mouths, we brought again unto 
thee out of the land of Canaan: 
how then should we steal out of 
thy lord's house silver or gold? 

8. Threatenings against Op- 
pressors. 

Jer. XVII, 11. As the partridge 
sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth 
them not; so he that getteth 
riches, and not by right, shall 
leave them in the midst of his 
days, and at his end shall be a 
fool. 

Prov. XX, 21. An inheritance 
may be gotten hastily at the be- 
ginning; but the end thereof 
shall not be blessed. 

Prov. xii, 16. A fool's wrath is 
presently known: but a prudent 
man covereth shame. 

Prov. xxii, 22. Rob not the 
poor, because he is poor: neither 
oppress the afflicted in the gate : 

23. For the Lord will plead 
their cause, and spoil the soul 
of those that spoiled them. 

Prov. xxviii, 3. A poor man 
that oppresseth the poor is like 
a sweeping rain which leaveth 
no food. 

Prov. xxviif, 8. He that by 
usury and unjust gain increaseth 
his substance, he shall gather it 
for him that Avill pity the poor. 

Prov. xxviii, 22. He that hast- 
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and considereth not that poverty- 
shall come upon him. 

Isaiah v, 8. Woe unto them 
that join house to house, that 
lay field to field, till there be 
no place, that they may be 
placed alone in the midst of 
the earth! 

MiCAH II, 1. "Woe to them that 
devise iniquity, and work evil 



upon their beds I when the morn- 
ing is light, they practice it, be- 
cause it is in the power of their 
hand. 

2. And they covet fields, and 
take them by violence; and 
houses, and take them away: 
so they oppress a man and his 
house, even a man and his her- 
itage. 



CHAPTER IX. 

THE NINTH COMMANDMENT. 

Exodus xx, 16 : Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. 

As the eighth commandment provides for the se- 
curity of every man's property, this provides for the 
defense of his good name; which "is rather to be 
chosen than great riches," and ought, therefore, to be 
guarded with the utmost care. A good name renders 
a man more serviceable to the cause of God, and the 
interests of his fellow men. 



I. False Swearing is Con- 
demned. 

Lev. V, 1. And if a soul sin, and 
hear the voice of swearing, and is 
a witness, whether he hath seen 
or known of it ; if he do not utter 
it, then he shall bear his iniquity. 

Ex. XX, 16. Thou shalt not bear 
false witness against thy neighbor. 

Deut. XIX, 15. One witness shall 
not rise up against a man for any 
iniquity, or for any sin, in any 
sin that he sinneth : at the mouth 
of two witnesses, or at the mouth 
of three witnesses, shall the mat- 
ter be established. 

16. If a false witness rise up 
against any man to testify against 
him that which is wrong ; 

17. Then both the men, between 



whom the controversy is, shall 
stand before the Lord, before the 
priests and the judges, which 
shall be in those days ; 

. 18. And the judges shall make 
diligent inquisition : and, behold, 
if the witness be a false witness, 
and hath testified falsely against 
his brother ; 

19. Then shall ye do unto him, 
as he had thought to have done 
unto his brother: so shalt thou 
put the evil away from among 
you. 

Prov. VI, 16. I have decked my 
bed with coverings of tapestry, 
with carved works, with fine linen 
of Egypt. 

17. I have perfumed my bed 
with myrrh, aloes, and cinna- 
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18. Come, let us take our fill of 
love until the morning: let us 
solace ourselves with loves. 

19. For the goodman is not at 
home, he is gone a long journey. 

Prov. XIV, 5. A faithful witness 
will not lie: but a false witness 
will utter lies. 

Prov. xiv, 25. A true witness 
delivereth souls : but a deceitful 
witness speaketh lies. 

Prov. xix, 5. A false witness 
shall not be unpunished ; and he 
that speaketh lies shall not es- 
cape. 

Prov. xxi, 28. A false witness 
shall perish : but the man that 
heareth speaketh constantly. 

Prov. xxiv, 28. Be not a wit- 
ness against thy neighbor with- 
out cause : and deceive not with 
thy lips. 

Prov. xxv, 18. A man that 
beareth false witness against his 
neighbor is a maul, and a sword, 
and a sharp arrow. 

2, Lying is Forbidden. 

Lev. XIX, 11. Ye shall not steal, 
neither deal falsely, neither lie 
one to another. 

Zech. VIII, 16. These are the 
things that ye shall do ; Speak ye 
every man the truth to his neigh- 
bor; execute the judgment of 
truth and peace in your gates : 

17. And let none of you imag- 
ine evil in your hearts against his 
neighbor ; and love no false oath : 
for all these things are that I 
hate, saith the Lord. 

Psalm xxxiv, 13. Keep thy 
tongue from evil, and thy lips 
from speaking guile. 

1 Pet. Ill, 10. For he that will 
love life, and see good days, let 
him refrain his tongue from evil, 
and his lips that they speak no 
guile. 

Prov. iv, 24. Put away from 
thee a froward mouth, and per- 
verse lips put far from thee. 

Eph. IV, 15. But speaking the 
truth in love, may grow up into 
him in all things, which is the 
head, even Christ. 



Eph. IV, 25. Wherefore putting 
away lying, speak every man 
truth with his neighbor : for we 
are members one of another. 

CoL. Ill, 9. Lie not one to an- 
other, seeing that ye have put off 
the old man with his deeds. 

Psalm xv, 2. He that walketh 
uprightly, and worketh righteous- 
ness, and speaketh the truth in 
his heart. 

3. He that backbiteth not with 
his tongue, nor doeth evil to his 
neighbor, nor taketh up a reproach 
against his neighbor. 

4. In whose eyes a vile person 
is contemned; but he honoreth 
them that fear the Lord. He that 
sweareth to his own hurt, and 
changeth not. 

Isaiah xxxiii, 15. He that walk- 
eth righteously, and speaketh 
uprightly ; he that despiseth the 
gain of oppressions, that shaketh 
his hands from holding of bribes, 
that stoppeth his ears from hear- 
ing of blood, and shutteth his 
eyes from seeing evil ; 

16. He shall dwell on high ; his 
place of defense shall be the mu- 
nitions of rocks : bread shall be 
given him; his waters shall be 
sure. 

Prov. xii, 17. He that speaketh 
truth, sheweth forth righteous- 
ness: but a false witness de- 
ceit. 

18. There is that speaketh like 
the piercings of a sword : but the 
tongue of the wise is health. 

19. The lip of truth shall be 
established forever: but a lying 
tongue is but for a moment. 

20. Deceit is in the heart of 
them that imagine evil: but to 
the counselors of peace is joy. 

Job xxvii, 4. My lips shall not 
speak wickedness, nor my tongue 
utter deceit. 

John viii, 44. Ye are of your 
father the devil, and the lusts of 
your father ye will do : he was a 
murderer from the beginning, and 
abode not in the truth, because 
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his own : for he is a liar, and the 
father of it; 

Prov. X, 18. He that hideth 
hatred with lying lips, and he 
that uttereth a slander, is a fool. 

Prov. XII, 13. The wicked is 
snared by the transgression of 
his lips: but the just shall come 
out of trouble. 

Prov. xxvi, 23. Burning lips 
and a wicked heart are like a pot- 
sherd covered with silver dross. 

Psalm lii, 2. Thy tongue devis- 
eth mischiefs ; like a sharp razor, 
working deceitfully. 

3. Thou lovest evil more than 
good ; and lying rather than to 
speak righteousness. Selah. 

4. Thou lovest all devouring 
words, thou deceitful tongue. 

5. God shall likewise destroy 
thee forever, he shall take thee 
away, and pluck thee out of thy 
dwelling-place, and root thee out 
of the land of the living. 

Psalm lix, 12. For the sin of 
their mouth and the words of 
their lips let them even be taken 
in their pride: and for cursing 
and lying which they speak. 

13. Consume them in wrath, 
consume them, that they may not 
be : and let them know that God 
ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of 
the earth. 

Jer. IX, 5. And they will de- 
ceive every one his neighbor, and 
will not speak the truth : they 
have taught their tongue to speak 
lies, and weary themselves to 
commit iniquity. 

Jer. IX, 8. Their tongue is as an 
ariow shot out; it speaketh de- 
ceit: one speaketh peaceably to 
his neighbor with his mouth, but 
in heart he layeth his wait. 

9. Shall I not visit them for 
these things? saith the Lord: 
shall not my soul be avenged on 
such a nation as this ? 

1 Tim. IV, 2. Speaking lies in 
hypocrisy : having their con- 
science seared with a hot iron. 

Eev. XXI, 8. But the fearful, 
and unbelieving, and the abom- 
inable, and murderers, and whore- 



mongers, and sorcerers, and idol- 
aters, and all liars, shall have 
their part in the lake which 
burneth with fire and brimstone : 
which is the second death. 

Eev. XXI, 27. And there shall 
in no wise enter into it any thing 
that defileth, neither whatsoever 
worketh abomination, or maketh 
a lie : but they which are written 
in the Lamb's book of life. 

Prov. xvii, 4. A wicked doer 
giveth heed to false lips ,• and a 
liar giveth ear to a naughty 
tongue. 

Prov. xviii, 6. A fool's lips en- 
ter into contention, and his mouth 
calleth for strokes. 

Matt, xii, 35. A good man out 
of the good treasure of the heart 
bringeth forth good things: and 
an evil man out of the evil treas- 
ure bringeth forth evil things. 

36. But I say unto you. That 
every idle word that men shall 
speak, they shall give account 
thereof in the day of judgment. 

37. For by thy words thou shalt 
be justified, and by thy words 
thou shalt be condemned. 

3. Evil Speaking Condemned. 

Titus hi, 2. To speak evil of 
no man, to be no brawlers, but 
gentle, shewing all meekness nnto 
all men. 

Eph. IV, 31. Let all bitterness, 
and wrath, and anger, and clam- 
or, and evil speaking, be put 
away from you, with all malice. 

James iv, 11. Speak not evil one 
of another, brethren. He that 
speaketh evil of his brother, and 
judgeth his brother, speaketh 
evil of the law, and judgeth the 
law; but if thou judge the law, 
thou art not a doer of the law, but 
a judge. 

1 Pet. II, 1. Wherefore laying 
aside all malice, and all guile, 
and hypocrisies, and envies, and 
all evil speakings, 

2. As newborn babes, desire the 
sincere milk of the Word, that ye 
may grow thereby. 

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for evil, or railing for railing: but 
contrariwise blessing ; knowing 
that ye are thereunto called, that 
ye should inherit a blessing. 

10. For he that will love life, 
and see good days, let him refrain 
his tongue from evil, and his lips 
that they speak no guile. 

Psalm xii, 3. The Lord shall 
cut off all flattering lips, and 
the tongue that speaketh proud 
things: 

4. Who have said, With our 
tongue will we prevail; our lips 
are our own : who is lord over us 7 

Prov. XIII, 3. He that keepeth 
his mouth keepeth his life : but 
he that openeth wide his lips 
shall have destruction. 

Prov. xviii, 13. He that answer- 
eth a matter before he heareth it, 
it is folly and shame unto him. 

James i, 26. If any man among 
you seem to be religious, and 
bridleth not his tongue, but de- 
ceiveth his own heart, this man's 
religion is vain. 

4. Slander Condemned. 

Psalm ci, 5. Whoso privily 
slandereth his neighbor, him will 
I cut off: him that hath a high 
look and a proud heart will not I 
suffer. 

Psalm xxxi, 13. For I have 
heard the slander of many : fear 
was on every side: while they 
took counsel together against me, 
they devised to take away my 
life. 

Prov. x, 18. He that hideth 
hatred with lying lips, and he 
that uttereth a slander, is a fool. 

Psalm l, 20. Thou sittest and 
speakest against thy brother; 
thou slanderest thine own moth- 
er's son. 

21. These things hast thou 
done, and I kept silence; thou 
thoughtest that I was altogether 
such a one as thyself: but I will 
reprove thee, and set them in or- 
der before thine eyes. 

1 Tim. Ill, 11. Even so must 
their wives be grave, not slander- 
ers, sober, faithful in all things. 



5. Talebearing and Backbiting 
Condemned. 

Lev. XIX, 6. Thou shalt not go 
up and down as a talebearer 
among thy people; neither shalt 
thou stand against the blood of 
thy neighbor: I am the Lord. 

Prov. xx, 19. He that goeth 
about as a talebearer revealeth 
secrets : therefore meddle not 
with him that flattereth with his 
lips. 

Prov. xi, 13. A talebearer re- 
vealeth secrets : but he that is of 
a faithful spirit concealeth the 
matter. 

Prov. xvii, 9. He that covereth 
a transgression seeketh love; but 
he that repeateth a matter sepa- 
rateth very friends. 

Prov. xxvi, 20. Where no wood 
is, there the fire goeth out; so 
where there is no talebearer, the 
strife ceaseth. 

Prov. xvi, 28. A lying tongue 
hateth those that are afflicted by 
it ; and a flattering mouth work- 
eth ruin. 

Psalm xv, 1. Lord, who shall 
abide in thy tabernacle ? who 
shall dwell in thy holy hill? 

2. He that walketh uprightly, 
and worketh righteousness, and 
speaketh the truth in his heart. 

3. He that backbiteth not with 
his tongue, nor doeth evil to his 
neighbor, nor taketh up a re- 
proach against his neighbor. 

EoM. I, 29. Being filled with 
all unrighteousness, fornication, 
wickedness, covetousness, mali- 
ciousness ; full of envy, murder, 
debate, deceit, malignity; whis- 
perers, 

30. Backbiters, haters of God, 
despiteful, proud, boasters, in- 
ventors of evil things, disobedient 
to parents. 

6. Reviling and Railing Con- 
demned. 

Ex. XXII, 28. Thou shalt not 
revile the gods, nor curse the 
ruler of thy people. 

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covetous, nor drunkards, nor re- 
vilers, nor extortioners, shall in- 
herit the kingdom of God. 

1 Cor. V, 11. But now I have 
written unto you not to keep 
company, if any man that is 
called a brother be a fornicator, 
or covetous, or an idolater, or a 
railer, or a drunkard, or an ex- 
tortioner ; with such a one no not 
to eat. 

1 Pet. Ill, 9. 'Not rendering evil 
for evil, or railing for railing: but 
contrariwise blessing ; knowing 
that ye are thereunto called, that 
ye should inherit a blessing. 

1 Tim. VI, 4. He is proud, know- 
ing nothing, but doting about 
questions and strifes of words, 
whereof cometh envy, strife, rail- 
ings, evil surmisiugs. 

2 Pet. ii, 11. Whereas angels, 
which are greater in power and 
might, bring not railing accusa- 
tion against them before the Lord. 

JuDE, 9. Yet Michael the arch- 
angel, when contending with the 
devil he disputed about the body 
of Moses, durst not bring against 
him a railing accusation, but said. 
The Lord rebuke thee. 

7. Unprofitable Conversation 
Forbidden. 

Eph. IV, 29. Let no corrupt 
communication proceed out of 
your mouth, but that which is 
good to the use of edifying, that 
it may minister grace unto the 
hearers. 

1 Cor. XV, 33. Be not deceived: 
evil communications corrupt good 
manners. 

Eph. V, 3. But fornication, and 
all uncleanness, or covetousness, 
let it not be once named among 
you, as becometh saints; 

4. Neither filthiness, nor fool- 
ish talking, nor jesting, which 
are not convenient: but rather 
giving of thanks. 

Matt, xii, 36. But 1 say unto 
you, That every idle word that 
j?ien shall speak, they shall give 
9-ccount thereof in the day of 
judgment. 



CoL. Ill, 8. But now ye also put 
off all these ; anger, wrath, mal- 
ice, blasphemy, filthy communi- 
cation out of your mouth. 

CoL. IV, 6. Let your speech be 
always with grace, seasoned ^vith 
salt, that ye may know how ye 
ought to answer every man. 

2 Pet. ii, 7. And delivered just 
Lot, vexed w4th the filthy con- 
versation of the wicked. 

Isaiah ix, 17. Therefore the 
Lord shall have no joy in their 
young men, neither shall have 
mercy on their fatherless and 
widows: for every one is a hypo- 
crite and an evil doer, and every 
mouth speaketh folly. For all 
this his anger is not turned aw^ay, 
but his hand is stretched out still. 

1 Tim. I, 4. ISTeither give heed to 
fables and endless genealogies, 
which minister questions, rather 
than godly edifying which is in 
faith: so do. 

2 Tim. ii, 14. Of these things 
put them in remembrance, charg- 
ing them before the Lord that 
they strive not about words to no 
profit, but to the subverting of 
the hearers. 

2 Tim. ii, 16. But shun profane 
and vain babblings : for they will 
increase unto more ungodliness. 

Titus hi, 9. But avoid foolish 
questions, and genealogies, and 
contentions, and strivings about 
the law ; for they are unprofitable 
and vain. 

8. Flattery is Forbidden. 

Prov. XX, 19. He that goeth 
about as a talebearer revealeth 
secrets : therefore meddle not with 
him that flattereth with his lips. 

Prov. xxvi, 28. A lying tongue 
hateth those that are afllicted by 
it ; and a flattering mouth work- 
eth ruin. 

Prov. xxix, 5. A man that flat- 
tereth his neighbor spreadeth a 
net for his feet. 

Prov. ii, 16. To deliver thee 
from the strange woman, even 
from the strange woman that flat- 
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Job XVII, 5. He that speaketh 
flattery to his friends, even the 
eyes of his children shall fail. 

Job XXXII, 21. Let me not, I 
pray you, accept any man's per- 
son; neither let me give flatter- 
ing titles unto man. 

22. For I know not to give flat- 
tering titles ; in so doing my 
Maker would soon take me away. 

1 Thess. II, 5. For neither at 
any time used we flattering 
words, as ye know, nor a cloak of 
covetousness; God is witness. 



Psalm xii, 2. They speak vanity 
every one with his neighbor : with 
flattering lips and with a double 
heart do they speak. 

3. The Lord shall cut ofi" all 
flattering lips, and the tongue that 
speaketh proud things. 

Psalm lxxviii, 36. Xevertheless 
they did flatter him with their 
mouth, and they lied unto him 
with their tongues. 

37. For their heart was not 
right with him, neither were they 
steadfast in his covenant. 



CHAPTER X. 



THE TENTH COMMANDMENT. 



Exodus xx, 17 : Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt 
not covet thy neighbor^ s wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid- 
servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. 

The sin here prohibited is an inordinate desire for, 
or an unlawful lusting after, what is another man's. 
Thus the law of God not only condemns sinful actions, 
it also condemns sinfal desires and thoughts. Sin has 
its origin in the heart. "From within, out of the heart, 
proceed evil thoughts," etc. Hence the law of God 
takes cognizance of the state of the heart, as well as of 
the outward conduct. 



COVETOUSNESS CONDEMNED. 

Ex. XX, 17. Thou shalt not 
covet thy neighbor's house, thou 
shalt not covet thy neighbor's 
wife, nor his man-servant, nor 
his maid- servant, nor his ox, nor 
his ass, nor any thing that is thy 
neighbor's. 

Deut. V, 21. Neither shalt thou 
desire thy neighbor's wife, nei- 
ther shalt thou covet thy neigh- 
bor's house, his field, or his man- 
servant, or his maid-servant, his 



ox, or his ass, or any thing that 
is thy neighbor's. 

Rom. VII, 7. What shall we say 
then ? Is the law sin ? God for- 
bid. iN'ay, I had not known sin, 
but by the law; for I had not 
known lust, except the law had 
said. Thou shalt not covet. 

1 Cor. V, 11. But now I have 
written unto you not to keep 
company, if any man that is 
called a brother be a fornicator, 
or covetous, or an idolater, or a 
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tioner ; with such a one no not to 
eat, 

CoL. Ill, 5. Mortify therefore 
your members which are upon 
the earth; fornication, unclean- 
ness, inordinate affection, evil 
concupiscence, and covetousness, 
which is idolatry. 

Heb. XIII, 5. Let your conversa- 
tion be without covetousness ; and 
be content with such things as ye 
have: for he hath said, I will 
never leave thee, nor forsake thee. 

Psalm x, 3. For the wicked 
boasteth of his heart's desire, 
and blesseth the covetous, whom 
the Lord abhorreth. 

MiCAH II, 1. Woe to them that 
devise iniquity, and work evil 
upon their beds I Avhen the morn- 
ing is light, they practice it, 
because it is in the power of their 
hand. 

2. And they covet fields, and 
take them by violence; and 
houses, and take them away: so 
they oppress a man and his 
house, even a man and his her- 
itage. 

Hab. II, 9. Woe to him that 
coveteth an evil covetousness to 
his house, that he may set his 
nest on high, that he may be de- 
livered from the power of evil I 

Mark vii, 22. Thefts, covetous- 
ness, wickedness, deceit, lascivi- 
ousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, 
pride, foolishness: 

23. All these evil things come 
from within, and defile the man. 

Eph. V, 6. For this ye know, 
that no whoremonger, nor unclean 
person, nor covetous man, who is 
an idolater, hath any inheritance 
in the kingdom of Christ and of 
God. 

Prov. XXVII, 20. Hell and de- 
struction are never full ; so the 
eyes of man are never satisfied. 

EccL. IV, 8. There is one alone, 
and there is not a second; yea, 
he hath neither child nor brother : 
yet is there no end of all his la- 
bor; neither is his eye satisfied 
with riches ; neither saith he. For 
whom do I labor, and bereave my 



soul of good? This is also vanity, 
yea, it is a sore travail. 

EccL. V, 10. He that loveth sil- 
ver shall not be satisfied with 
silver ; nor he that loveth abun- 
dance with increase : this is also 
vanity. 

2. Unjust Means of Acquiring 
Property Condemned. 

Prov. i, 18. And they lay wait 
for their own blood; they lurk 
privily for their own lives. 

19. So are the ways of every 
one that is greedy of gain ; which 
taketh away the life of the own- 
ers thereof. 

1 Tim. VI, 9. But they that will 
be rich fall into temptation and a 
snare, and into many foolish and 
hurtful lusts, which drown men 
in destruction and perdition. 

10. For the love of money is 
the root of all evil : which while 
some coveted after, they have 
erred from the faith, and pierced 
themselves through with many 
sorrows. 

Matt, xvi, 26. For what is a 
man profited, if he shall gain the 
whole world, and lose his own 
soul? or what shall a man give in 
exchange for his soul ? 

Job XXVII, 8. For what is the 
hope of the hypocrite, though he 
hath gained, when God taketh 
away his soul? 

9. Will God hear his cry when 
trouble cometh upon him ? 

Prov. xiii, 7. There is that 
maketh himself rich, yet hath 
nothing: there is that maketh 
himself poor, yet hath great 
riches. 

1 Tim. VI, 7. For we brought 
nothing into this world, and it is 
certain we can carry nothing out. 

Prov. xv, 6. In the house of 
the righteous is much treasure : 
but in the revenues of the wicked 
is trouble. 

James v, 1. Go to now, ye rich 
men, weep and howl ibr your 
miseries that shall come upon 
you. 

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and your garments are moth- 
eaten. 

3. Your gold and silver is cank- 
ered; and the rust of them shall be 
a witness against you, and shall 
eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye 
have heaped treasure together for 
the last days. 

4. Behold, the hire of the labor- 
ers who have reaped down your 
fields, which is of you kept back 
by fraud, crieth: and the cries of 
them which have reaped are en- 
tered into the ears of the Lord of 
Sabaoth. 

Luke vi, 24. But woe unto you 
that are rich I for ye have re- 
ceived your consolation. 

Job XX, 18. That which he la- 
bored for shall he restore, and 
shall not swallow it down: ac- 
cording to his substance shall 
the restitution be, and he shall 
not rejoice therein. 

19. Because he hath oppressed 
and hath forsaken the poor; be- 
cause he hath violently taken 
away a house which he builded 
not. 

Isaiah lviii, 8. Woe unto them 
that join house to house, that lay 
field to field, till there be no place, 
that they may be placed alone in 
the midst of the earth 1 

9. In mine ears said the Lord 
of hosts, Of a truth many houses 
shall be desolate, even great and 
fair, without inhabitant. 

Jer. XXI, 12. house of David, 
thus saith the Lord; Execute 
judgment in the morning, and 
deliver him that is spoiled out of 
the hand of the oppressor, lest my 
fury go out like fire, and burn that 
none can quench it, because of the 
evil of your doings. 

Luke hi, 13. And he said unto 
them, Exact no more than that 
which is appointed you. 

14. And the soldiers likewise 
demanded of him, saying, And 
what shall we do? And he said 
unto them, Do violence to no 
man, neither accuse any falsely; 
and be content with your wages. 

Prov. XXVIII, 8. He that by 



usury and unjust gain increaseth 
his substance, he shall gather it 
for him that will pity the poor. 

Prov. xxviii, 2. For the trans- 
gression of a land many are the 
princes thereof: but by a man of 
understanding and knowledge the 
state thereof shall be prolonged. 

3. A poor man that oppresseth 
the poor is like a sweeping rain 
which leaveth no food. 

Prov. xxii, 22. Eob not the 
poor, because he is poor: neither 
oppress the afflicted in the gate: 

23. For the Lord will plead 
their cause, and spoil the soul 
of those that spoiled them. 

Jer. VII, 11. Is this house, 
which is called by my name, 
become a den of robbers in your 
eyes ? Behold, even I have seen 
it, saith the Lord. 

3. The Folly of Trusting in 
Riches. 

Psalm xlix, 6. They that trust 
in their wealth, and boast them- 
selves in the multitude of their 
riches; 

7. None of them can by any 
means redeem his brother, nor 
give to God a ransom for him. 

Psalm lii, 5. God shall likewise 
destroy thee forever, he shall take 
thee away, and pluck thee out of 
thy dwelling-place, and root thee 
out of the land of the living. 

6. The righteous also shall see, 
and fear, and shall laugh at him : 

7. Lo, this is the man that made 
not God his strength; but trusted 
in the abundance of his riches, 
and strengthened himself in his 
wickedness. 

Prov. xi, 28. He that trust- 
eth in his riches shall fall: but 
the righteous shall flourish as a 
branch. 

Prov. x, 15. The rich man's 
wealth is his strong city: the 
destruction of the poor is their 
poverty. 

Prov. xxviii, 11. The rich man 
is wise in his own conceit; but 
the poor man that hath under- 
standing searcheth him out. 



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Jer. IX, 23. Thus saith the Lord, 
Let not the wise man glory in his 
"wisdom, neither let the mighty 
man glory in his might, let not 
the rich man glory in his riches. 

Mark x, 23. And Jesus looked 
round about, and saith unto his 
disciples. How hardly shall they 
that have riches enter into the 
kingdom of God I 

24. And the disciples were as- 
tonished at his word's. But Jesus 
answereth again, and saith unto 
them. Children, how hard is it 
for them that trust in riches to 
enter into the kingdom of God I 

25. It is easier for a camel to go 
through the eye of a needle, than 
for a rich man to enter into the 
kingdom of God. 

1 Tim. VI, 17. Charge them that 
are rich in this world, that they 
be not highminded, nor trust in 
uncertain riches, but in the liv- 
ing God, who giveth us richly all 
things to enjoy. 

1 Tim. VI, 10. For the love of 
money is the root of all evil: 
which while some coveted after, 
they have erred from the faith, 
and pierced themselves through 
with many sorrows. 

Psalm lxxiii, 3. For I was en- 
vious at the foolish, when I saw 
the prosperity of the wicked. 

4. For there are no bands in 
their death : but their strength is 
firm. 

5. They are not in trouble as 
other men; neither are they 
plagued like other men. 

6. Therefore pride compasseth 
them about as a chain; violence 
covereth them as a garment. 

7. Their eyes stand out with 
fatness: they have more than 
heart could wish. 

8. They are corrupt, and speak 



wickedly concerning oppression: 
they speak loftily. 

9. They set their mouth against 
the heavens, and their tongue 
walketh through the earth. 

10. Therefore his people return 
hither: and waters of a full cup 
are wrung out to them. 

11. And they say. How doth 
God know? and is there knowl- 
edge in the Most High? 

12. Behold, these are the un- 
godly, who prosper in the world ; 
they increase in riches. 

13. Verily I have cleansed my 
heart in vain, and washed my 
hands in innocency. 

14. For all the day long have I 
been plagued, and chastened ev- 
ery morning. 

15. If I say, I will speak thus; 
behold, I should offend against 
the generation of thy children. 

16. When I thought to know 
this, it was too painful for me; 

17. Until I went into the sanc- 
tuary of God; then understood I 
their end. 

18. Surely thou didst set them 
in slippery places : thou castedst 
them down into destruction. 

19. How are they brought into 
desolation, as in a moment I they 
are utterly consumed with terrors. 

20. As a dream when one awak- 
eth ; so, Lord, when thou awak- 
est, thou shalt despise their image. 

James ii, 2. For if there come 
unto your assembly a man with 
a gold ring, in goodly apparel, 
and there come in also a poor 
man in vile raiment; 

3. And ye have respect to him 
that weareth the gay clothing, 
and say unto him, Sit thou here 
in a good place; and say to the 
poor. Stand thou there, or sit 
here under my footstool. 



BOOK V. 



INSTITUTIONS OF CHRISTIANITY. 



mSTlTUTIONS OF CHRISTIANITY. 



CHAPTER I. 

THE CHURCH. 

By the term Church we understand the whole body 
of God's true people in every period of time. This is 
the invisible or spiritual Church. It is also understood 
of the collective body of Christians, or all those over 
the face of the earth who believe in Christ, and ac- 
knowledge him to be the Savior of mankind. This is 
called the visible Church. The people of God on earth 
are called the Church militant, and those in heaven the 
Church triumphant. 

Dr. John Owen remarks that, sin having entered 
into the world, God was pleased to found his Church 
in the promise of the Messiah given to Adam; that 
this promise contained in it something of the nature 
of a covenant, including the grace which God designed 
to show to sinners in the Messiah, and the obedience 
which he required from them, and that consequently, 
from its first promulgation, that promise became the 
sole foundation of the Church, and of the whole wor- 
ship of God therein. 

Prior to the days of Abraham this Church, though 
scattered up and down in the world, and subject to 
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new revelations, was still but one and the same, because 
founded in the same covenant, and interested thereby 
in all the benefits and privileges that God had granted 
or would at any time grant. In process of time God 
was pleased to restrict this Church, so far as visible 
acknowledgment went, in a great measure to the seed 
of Abraham. With the latter he renewed his cove- 
nant, requiring that he should walk before him and 
be upright. He also constituted him the father of 
the faithful, or of all who believe, and "the heir of 
the world." So that since the days of Abraham the 
Church has, in every age, been founded upon the cov- 
enant made with the patriarch, and on the work of 
redemption which was to be performed according to 
that covenant. Now, wheresoever this covenant made 
with Abraham is, and with whomsoever it is estab- 
lished, with them is the Church of God, and to them 
all the promises and privileges of the Church really 
belong. Hence we may learn that at the coming of 
the Messiah there was not one Church taken away 
and another set up in its room, but the Church con- 
tinued the same in those that were the children of 
Abraham, according to the faith. It is common with 
divines to speak of the Jewish and Christian Churches 
as though they were two distinct and totally different 
things; but that is not a correct view of the matter. 
The Christian Church is not another Church, but the 
very same that was before the coming of Christ, hav- 
ing the same faith with it, and interested in the same 
covenant. Great alterations, indeed, were made in the 
outward state and condition of the Church by the com- 
ing of the Messiah. The carnal privileges of the Jews 
in their separation from other nations to give birth to 
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on that account to be the children of Abraham. The 
ordinances of worship suited to that state of things 
then expired and came to an end. JSTew ordinances of 
worship were appointed, suited to the light and grace 
which were then bestowed upon the Church. The 
Gentiles came into the faith of Abraham along with 
the Jews, being made joint partakers with them in his 
blessings. But none of these things, nor the whole of 
them collectively, did make such a change in the 
Church, but that it is still one and the same. The 
olive tree was still the same, only some of the branches 
wei-e broken off, and others grafted into it.'' The Jews 
fell, and the Gentiles came in their room. And this 
may enable us to determine the difference between the 
Jews and Christians relative to the Old Testament 
promises. They are all made to the Church. No in- 
dividual has any interest in them except by virtue of 
his membership with the Church. The Church is, and 
always was, one and the same. The term Church is 
also applied to a particular congregation of Christians 
united together and meeting in one place for the wor- 
ship of God. The word is now also used to denote any 
particular denomination of Christians, as the Greek 
Church, or the Eomish Church. 



I, The Church a Divine Insti- 
tution. 

1 Tim. Ill, 15. And that from a 
child thou hast known the holy 
Scriptures, which are able to make 
thee wise unto salvation through 
faith which is in Christ Jesus. 

Matt, xvi, 16. And Simon Pe- 
ter answered and said. Thou art 
the Christ, the Son of the living 
God. 

17. And Jesus' answered and 
said unto him, Blessed art thou, 
Simon Bar-jona; for flesh and 



blood hath not revealed it unto 
thee, but my Father which is in 
heaven. 

18. And I say also unto thee, 
That thou art Peter, and upon 
this rock I will build my Church ; 
and the gates of hell shall not 
prevail against it. 

Matt, v, 13. Ye are the salt of 
the earth: but if the salt have 
lost his savor, wherewith shall it 
be salted ; it is thenceforth good 
for nothing, but to be cast out, 
and to be trodden under foot of 



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14. Ye are the light of the 
world. A city that is set on a 
hill can not be hid. 

15. Neither do men light a can- 
dle, and put it under a bushel, but 
on a candlestick ; and it giveth 
light unto all that are in the 
house. 

16. Let your light so shine 
before men, that they may see 
your good works, and glorify your 
Father which is in heaven. 

Matt, xxi, 42. Jesus saith unto 
them, Did ye never read in the 
Scriptures, The stone which the 
builders rejected, the same is be- 
come the head of the corner : this 
is the Lord's doing, and it is mar- 
velous in our eyes? 

Psalm cxviii, 19. Open to me 
the gates of righteousness : I will 
go into them, and I will praise 
the Lord: 

20. This gate of the Lord, into 
which the righteous shall enter. 

21. I will praise thee: for thou 
hast heard me, and art become 
my salvation. 

22. The stone which the build- 
ers refused is become the head 
stone of the corner. 

23. This is the Lord's doing,- it 
is marvelous in our eyes. 

1 Cor. Ill, 9. For we are laborers 
together with God: ye are God's 
husbandry, ye are God's building. 

10. According to the grace of 
God which is given unto me, as a 
wise masterbuilder, I have laid 
the foundation, and another build- 
eth thereon. But let every man 
take heed how he buildeth there- 
upon. 

11. For other foundation can no 
man lay than that is laid, which 
is Jesus Christ. 

Eph. II, 20. And are built upon 
the foundation of the apostles and 
prophets, Jesus Christ himself 
being the chief corner stone; 

21. In whom all the building 
fitly framed together groweth 
unto a holy temple in the Lord: 

22. In whom yealso are builded 
together for a habitation of God 
through the Spirit. 



2. The Unity of the Church 

under all Dispensations. 

Acts vii, 38. This is he, that 
was in the church in the wilder- 
ness with the angel which spake 
to him in the mount Sina, and 
with our fathers : who received 
the lively oracles to give unto us. 

Eph. Ill, 21. Unto him be glory 
in the Church by Christ Jesus 
throughout all ages, world with- 
out end. Amen. 

EoM. XI, 1. I say then. Hath 
God cast away his people? God 
forbid. For I also am an Israel- 
ite, of the seed of Abraham, of 
the tribe of Benjamin. 

2. God hath not cast away his 
people which he foreknew. Wot 
ye not what the Scripture saith 
of Elias? how he maketh inter- 
cession to God against Israel, say- 
ing, 

3. Lord, they have killed thy 
prophets, and digged down thine 
altars ; and I am left alone, and 
they seek my life. 

4. But what saith the answer 
of God unto him? I have re- 
served to myself seven thousand 
men, who have not bowed the 
knee to the image of Baal. 

5. Even so then at this present 
time also there is a remnant ac- 
cording to the election of grace. 

6. And if by grace, then it is 
no more of works : otherwise 
grace is no more grace. But if it 
be of works, then is it no more 
grace : otherwise work is no more 
work. 

7. What then ? Israel hath not 
obtained that which he seeketh 
for ; but the election hath ob- 
tained it, and the rest were 
blinded. 

8. (According as it is written, 
God hath given them the spirit 
of slumber, eyes that they should 
not see, and ears that they should 
not hear ;) unto this day. 

9. And David saith. Let their 
table be made a snare, and a trap, 
and a stumbling-block, and a 
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10. Let their eyes be darkened, 
that they may not»see, and bow 
down their back alway. 

11. I say then, Have they 
stumbled that they should fall ? 
God forbid : but rather through 
their fall salvation is come unto 
the Gentiles, for to provoke them 
to jealousy. 

12. :N'ow if the fall of them be 
the riches of the world, and the 
diminishing of them the riches 
of the Gentiles; how much more 
their fullness ? 

13. For I speak to you Gentiles, 
inasmuch as I am the apostle of 
the Gentiles, I magnify mine of- 
fice : 

14. If by any means I may 
provoke to emulation them which 
are my flesh, and might save 
some of them. 

15. For if the casting away of 
them be the reconciling of the 
world, what shall the receiving of 
them be, but life from the dead? 

16. For if the first-fruit be holy, 
the lump is also holy : and if the 
root be holy, so are the branches. 

17. And if some of the branches 
be broken ofi", and thou, being a 
wild olive tree, wert grafi'ed in 
among them, and with them par- 
takest of the root and fatness of 
the olive tree : 

18. Boast not against the branch- 
es. But if thou boast, thou bear- 
est not the root, but the root thee. 

19. Thou wilt say then, The 
.branches were broken ofi", that I 
might be graflfed in. 

20. Well; because of unbelief 
they were broken ofi", and thou 
standest by faith. Be not high- 
minded, but fear : 

21. For if God spared not the 
natural branches, take heed lest 
he also spare not thee. 

22. Behold therefore the good- 
ness and severity of God ; on them 
which fell, severity; but toward 
thee, goodness, if thou continue 
in his goodness : otherwise thou 
also shalt be cut ofi*. 

23. And they also, if they abide 
not still in unbelief, shall be 



graff'ed in : for God is able to graff 
them in again. 

24. For if thou wert cut out of 
the olive tree which is wild by 
nature, and wert grafi'ed contrary 
to nature into a good olive tree ; 
how much more shall these, 
which be the natural branches, 
be grafied into their own olive 
tree? 

25. For I would not, brethren, 
that ye should be ignorant of this 
mystery, lest ye should be wise 
in your own conceits, that blind- 
ness in part is happened to Israel, 
until the fullness of the Gentiles 
be come in. 

26. And so all Israel shall be 
saved ; as it is written. There 
shall come out of Sion the Deliv- 
erer, and shall turn away ungod- 
liness from Jacob : 

27. For this is my covenant 
unto them, when I shall take 
away their sins. 

28. As concerning the Gospel, 
they are enemies for your sakes : 
but as touching the election, they 
are beloved for the fathers' sakes. 

29. For the gifts and calling of 
God are without repentance. 

30. For as ye in times past have 
not believed God, yet have now 
obtained mercy through their un- 
belief: 

31. Even so have these also 
now not believed, that through 
your mercy they also may obtain 
mercy. 

1 CoR. XII, 13. For by one Spirit 
we are all baptized into one body, 
whether we be Jews or Gentiles, 
whether we be bond or free ; and 
have been all made to drink into 
one Spirit. 

Heb. XII, 18. For ye are not 
come unto the mount that might 
be touched, and that burned with 
fire, nor unto blackness, and dark- 
ness, and tempest, 

19. And the sound of a trum- 
pet, and the voice of words ; 
which voice they that heard en- 
treated that the word should not 
be spoken to them any more : 

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that which was commanded, And 
if so much as a beast touch the 
mountain, it shall be stoned, or 
thrust through with a dart : 

21. And so terrible was the 
sight, that Moses said, I exceed- 
ingly fear and quake : ) 

22. But ye are come unto mount 
Sion, and unto the city of the 
living God, the heavenly Jerusa- 
lem, and to an innumerable com- 
pany of angels, 

23. To the general assembly 
and Church of the first-born, 
which are written in heaven, and 
to God the Judge of all, and to 
the spirits of just men made per- 
fect, 

24. And to JesuS the mediator 
of the new covenant, and to the 
blood of sprinkling, that speaketh 
better things that that of Abel. 

3. God Dwells in the Church. 

Psalm lxxxvii, 1. His founda- 
tion is in the holy mountains. 

2. The Lord loveth the gates of 
Zion more than all the dwellings 
of Jacob. 

3. Glorious things are spoken 
of thee, city of God. Selah. 

Eev. I, 12. And I turned to see 
the voice that spake with me. 
And being turned, I saw seven 
golden candlesticks; 

13. And in the midst of the 
seven candlesticks one like unto 
the Son of man, clothed with a 
garment down to the foot, and 
girt about the paps with a golden 
girdle. 

14. His head and his hairs were 
white like wool, as white as snow ; 
and his eyes were as a flame of 
fire; 

15. And his feet like unto fine 
brass, as if they burned in a fur- 
nace ; and his voice as the sound 
of many waters. 

16. And he had in his right 
hand seven stars : and out of his 
mouth went a sharp two-edged 
sword: and his countenance was 
as the sun shineth in his strength. 

17. And when I saw him, I fell 
at his feet as dead. And he laid 



his right hand upon me, saying 
unto me, Fear not ; I am the first 
and the last : 

18. I am he that liveth, and 
was dead ; and, behold, I am alive 
forever more. Amen ; and have 
the keys of hell and of death. 

19. Write the things which thou 
hast seen, and the things which 
are, and the things which shall 
be hereafter ; 

20. The mystery of the seven 
stars which thou sawest in my 
right hand, and the seven golden 
candlesticks. The seven stars are 
the angels of the seven church- 
es : and the seven candlesticks 
which thou sawest are the seven 
churches. • 

Matt, xxviii, 20. Teaching them 
to observe all things whatsoever 
I have commanded you: and, lo, 
I am with you alway,.even unto 
the end of the world. Amen. 

4. The Stability of the 
Church. 

Matt, xvt, 16. And Simon Peter 
answered and said. Thou art the 
Christ, the Son of the living God. 

17. And Jesus answered and 
said unto him, Blessed art thou, 
Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and 
blood hath not revealed it unto 
thee, but my Father which is in 
heaven. 

18. And I say also unto thee, 
That thou art Peter, and upon 
this rock I will build my Church; 
and the gates of hell shall not 
prevail against it. 

Psalm xlvi, 1. God is our refuge 
and strength, a very present help 
in trouble. 

2. Therefore will not we fear, 
though the earth be removed, and 
though the mountains be carried 
into the midst of the sea; 

3. Though the waters thereof 
roar and be troubled, though the 
mountains shake with the swell- 
ing thereof. Selah. 

4. There is a river, the streams 
whereof shall make glad the city 
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5. God is in the midst of her; 
she shall not be moved : God shall 
help her, and that right early. 

Psalm xlyi, 7. The Lord of 
hosts is with us ; the God of Ja- 
cob is our refuge. Selah. 

Psalm cxxv, 1. They that trust 
in the Lord shall be as mount 
Zion, which can not be removed, 
but abideth forever. 

2. As the mountains are round 
about Jerusalem, so i^be Lord is 
round about his people from 
henceforth even forever. 

Prov. XVIII, 10. The name of 
the Lord is a strong tower: the 
righteous runneth into it, and is 
safe. 

Isaiah liv, 14. In righteousness 
shalt thou be established: thou 
shalt be far from oppression ; for 
thou shalt not fear : and from ter- 
ror ; for it shall not come near thee. 

Isaiah liv, 17. JSTo weapon that 
is formed against thee shall pros- 
per ; and every tongue that shall 
rise against thee in judgment thou 
shalt condemn. This is the her- 
itage of the servants of the Lord, 
and their righteousness is of me, 
saith the Lord. 

Isaiah xliii, 2. When thou 
passest through the waters, I will 
be with thee ,* and through the 
rivers, they shall not overflow 
thee : when thou walkest through 
the fire, thou shalt not be burned ; 
neither shall the flame kindle 
upon thee. 

3. For I am the Lord thy God, 
the Holy One of Israel, thy Sav- 
ior : I gave Egypt for thy ran- 
som, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. 

4. Since thou wast precious in 
my sight, thou hast been honora- 
ble, and I have loved thee : there- 
fore will I give men for thee, and 
people for thy life. 

5. Fear not; for lam with thee: 
I will bring thy seed from the east, 
and gather thee from the west: 

6. I will say to the north, Give 
up; and to the south. Keep not 
back : bring my sons from far, 
and my daughters from the ends 
of the earth ; 



7. Even every one that is called 
by my name: for I have created 
him for my glory, I have formed 
him ; yea, I have made him. 

5. The Church's Prosperity De- 

pendent upon the Divine Bless- 

i7tg, 

HosEA XIV, 5. I will be as the 
dew unto Israel : he shall grow as 
the lily, and cast forth his roots 
as Lebanon. 

6. His branches shall spread, 
and his beauty shall be as the 
olive tree, and his smell as Leb- 
anon. 

7. They that dwell under his 
shadow shall return ; they shall 
revive as the corn, and grow as 
the vine : the scent thereof shall 
be as the wine of Lebanon. 

Isaiah xxvii, 2. In that day 
sing ye unto her, A vineyard of 
red wine. 

3. I the Lord do keep it ; I will 
water it every moment : lest any 
hurt it, I will keep it night and 
day. 

4. Fury is not in me: who 
would set the briers and thorns 
against me in battle ? I would go 
through them, I would burn them 
together. 

5. Or let him take hold of my 
strength, that he may make peace 
with me; and he shall make 
peace with me. 

6. He shall cause them that 
come of Jacob to take root : Is- 
rael shall blossom and bud, and 
fill the face of the world with 
fruit. 

Phil, iv, 13. I can do all things 
through Christ which strength- 
eneth me. 

John xv, 6. I am the vine, ye 
are the branches. He that abid- 
eth in me, and I in him, the same 
bringeth forth much fruit ; for 
without me ye can do nothing. 

6. The Ultimate Universal 

Triumph of the Church, 

Psalm ii, 8. Ask of me, and 
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■uttermost parts of the earth for 
thy possession. 

Hab. II, 14. Forasmuch then as 
the children are partakers of flesh 
and blood, he also himself like- 
wise took part of the same ; that 
through death he might destroy 
him that had the power of death, 
that is, the devil. 

Num. XIV, 21. But as truly as I 
live, all the earth shall be filled 
with the glory of the Lord. 

Psalm lxxii, 18. Blessed be the 
Lord God, the God of Israel, who 
only doeth wondrous things. 

19. And blessed be his glorious 
name forever : and let the whole 
earth be filled with his glory. 
Amen, and Amen. 

Dan. II, 34. Thou sawest till 
that a stone was cut out without 
hands, which smote the image 
upon his feet that were of iron 
and clay, and brake them to pieces. 

35. Then was the iron, the clay, 
the brass, the silver, and the gold, 
broken to pieces together, and 
became like the chaff of the Sum- 
mer thrashing-floors ; and the 
wind carried them away, that no 
place was found for them : and 
the stone that smote the image 
became a great mountain, and 
filled the whole earth. 

Dan. II, 44. And in the days of 
these kings shall the God of 
heaven set up a kingdom, which 
shall never be destroyed : and the 
kingdom shall not be left to other 
people, but it shall break in pieces 
and consume all these kingdoms, 
and it shall stand forever. 

Dan. VII, 13. I saw in the night 
visions, and, behold, one like the 
Son of man came with the clouds 
of heaven, and came to the An- 
cient of days, and they brought 
him near before him. 

14. And there was given him 
dominion, and glory, and a king- 
dom, that all people, nations, and 
languages, should serve him : his 
dominion is an everlasting domin- 
ion, which shall not pass away, 
and his kingdom that which shall 
not be destroyed. 



Psalm lxxii, 8. He shall have 
dominion also from sea to sea, and 
from the river unto the ends of 
the earth. 

9. They that dwell in the wil- 
derness shall bow before him ; 
and his enemies shall lick the 
dust. 

10. The kings of Tarshish and 
of the isles shall bring presents ; 
the kings of Sheba and Seba shall 
offer gifts. 

11. Yea, all kings shall fall 
down before him: all nations 
shall serve him. 

Isaiah xliv, 3. For I will pour 
water upon him that is thirsty, 
and floods upon the dry ground : 
I will pour my Spirit upon thy 
seed, and my blessing upon thine 
offspring : 

4. And they shall spring up as 
among the grass, as willows by 
the watercourses. 

Isaiah ix, 7. Of the increase of 
his government and peace there 
shall be no end, upon the throne 
of David, and upon his kingdom, 
to order it, and to establish it 
with judgment and with justice 
from henceforth even forever. 
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will 
perform this. 

Isaiah xlv, 22. Look unto me, 
and be ye saved, all the ends of 
the earth : for I am God, and 
there is none else. 

23. I have sworn by myself, the 
word is gone out of my mouth in 
righteousness, and shall not re- 
turn. That unto me every knee 
shall bow, every tongue shall 
swear. 

Zech. XIV, 9. And the Lord 
shall be King over all the earth: 
in that day shall there be one 
Lord, and his name one. 

Matt, xiii, 31. Another parable 
put he forth unto them, saying. 
The kingdom of heaven is like to 
a grain of mustard seed, which a 
man took, and sowed in his field: 

32. Which indeed is the least 
of all seeds: but when it is grown, 
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birds of the air come and lodge in 
the branches thereof. 

33. Another parable spake he 
unto them ; The kingdom of 
heaven is like unto leaven, which 
a woman took, and hid in three 
measures of meal, till the whole 
was leavened. 

Acts hi, 22. For Moses truly 
said unto the fathers, A Prophet 
shall the Lord your God raise up 
unto you of your brethren, like 
unto me; him shall ye hear in 
all things whatsoever he shall 
say unto you. 

23. And it shall come to pass, 
that every soul, which will not 
hear that Prophet, shall be de- 
stroyed from among the people. 

Eev. XI, 15. And the seventh 
angel sounded ; and there were 
great voices in heaven, saying. 
The kingdoms of this world are 
become the kingdoms of our Lord, 
and of his Christ ; and he shall 
reign forever and ever. 

Psalm lxxxix, 27. Also I will 
make him my first-born, higher 
than the kings of the earth. 

28. My mercy will I keep for 
him forever more, and my cove- 
nant shall stand fast with him. 

29. His seed also will I make to 
endure forever, and his throne as 
the days of heaven. 

Psalm lxxxix, 35. Once have I 
sworn by my holiness that I will 
not lie unto David. 

36. His seed shall endure for- 
ever, and his throne as the sun 
before me. 

7. The Blessedness of Church 
Fellowship. 

Psalm xxxvi, 8. They shall be 
abundantly satisfied with the 
fatness of thy house; and thou 
shalt make them drink of the 
river of thy pleasures. 

Psalm lxiii, 1. God, thou art 
my God; early will I seek thee: 
my soul thirsteth for thee, my 
flesh longeth for thee in a dry 
and thirsty land, where no water 
is; 

2. To see thy power and thy 



glory, so as I have seen thee in 
the sanctuary. 

Psalm lxv, 4. Blessed is the 
man whom thou choosest, and 
causest to approach unto thee, 
that he may dwell in thy courts : 
we shall be satisfied with the 
goodness of thy house, even of 
thy holy temple. 

Psalm lxxxiv, 1. How amiable 
are thy tabernacles, Lord of 
hosts I 

2. My soul longeth, yea, even 
fainteth for the courts of the 
Lord : my heart and my flesh 
crieth out for the living God. 

3. Yea, the sparrow hath found 
a house, and the swallow a nest 
for herself, where she may lay her 
young, even thine altars, Lord 
of hosts, my King, and my God. 

4. Blessed are they that dwell 
in thy house: they will be still 
praising thee. Selah. 

Psalm lxxxiv, 10. For a day in 
thy courts is better than a thou-, 
sand. I had rather be a door- 
keeper in the house of my God, 
than to dwell in the tents of wick- 
edness. 

Psalm lxxxvii, 5. And of Zion 
it shall be said. This and that man 
was born in her : and the Highest 
himself shall establish her. 

6. The Lord shall count, when 
he writeth up the people, that 
this man was born there. Selah. 

Psalm xcii, 13. Those that be 
planted in the house of the Lord 
shall flourish in the courts of our 
God. 

14. They shall still bring forth 
fruit in old age ; they shall be fat 
and flourishing. 

Rom. XV, 1. We then that are 
strong ought to bear the infirmi- 
ties of the weak, and not to please 
ourselves. 

2. Let every one of us please 
his neighbor for his good to edifi- 
cation. 

3. For even Christ pleased not 
himself; but, as it is written, 
The reproaches of them that re- 
proached thee fell on me. 

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roany members in one body, and 
all members have not the same 
office: 

5. So we, being many, are one 
body in Christ, and every one 
members one of another. 

6. Having then gifts differing 
according to the grace that is 
given to us, whether prophecy, 
let us prophesy according to the 
proportion of faith; 

7. Or ministry, let us wait on 
our ministering ; or he that teach- 
eth, on teaching; 

8. Or he that exhorteth, on 
exhortation: he that giveth, let 
him do it with simplicity; *he 
that ruleth, with diligence; he 
that sheweth mercy, with cheer- 
fulness. 

9. Let love be without dissimu- 
lation. Abhor that which is evil; 
cleave to that which is good. 

10. Be kindly aiFectioned one 
to another with brotherly love; 
in honor preferring one another. 

EoM. XIV, 19. Let us there- 
fore follow after the things which 
make for peace, and things where- 
with one may edify another. 

Psalm cxxxiii, 1. Behold, how 
good and how pleasant it is for 
brethren to dwell together in 
unity I 

2. It is like the precious oint- 
ment upon the head, that ran 
down upon the beard, even 
Aaron's beard: that went down 
to the skirts of his garments. 

John xiii, 34. A new command- 
ment I give unto you, that ye love 
one another ; as I have loved you, 
that ye also love one another. 

35. By this shall all men know 
that ye are my disciples, if ye 
have love one to another. 

John xv, ]2. This is my com- 
mandment. That ye love one an- 
other, as I have loved you. 

John xvii, 20. Neither pray I 
for these alone, but for them also 
which shall believe on me through 
their word; 

21. That they all may be one; 
as thou. Father, art in me, and I 
iu thee, that they also may be one 



in us : that the world may believe 
that thou hast sent me. 

22. And the glory which thou 
gavest me I have given them; 
that they may be one, even as we 
are one. 

Isaiah lii, 8. Thy watchmen 
shall lift up the voice; with the 
voice together shall they sing: 
for they shall see eye to eye, 
when the Lord shall bring again 
Zion. 

Acts iv, 32. And the multitude 
of them that believed were of one 
heart and of one soul: neither 
said any of them that aught of 
the things which he possessed 
was his own; but they had all 
things common. 

RoM. XV, 5. Now the God of pa- 
tience and consolation grant you 
to be likeminded one toward an- 
other according to Christ Jesus: 

6. That ye may with one mind 
and one mouth glorify God, even 
the Father of our Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

Rom. XII, 10. Be kindly afFec- 
tioned one to another with broth- 
erly love; in honor preferring one 
another. 

2 CoR. XIII, 11. Finally, breth- 
ren, farewell. Be perfect, be of 
good comfort, be of one mind, 
live in peace; and the God of 
love and peace shall be with you. 

Eph. IV, 1. I therefore, the pris- 
oner of the Lord, beseech you that 
ye walk worthy of the vocation 
wherewith ye are called, 

2. With all lowliness and meek- 
ness, with long-suffering, forbear- 
ing one another in love; 

3. Endeavoring to keep the 
unity of the Spirit in the bond 
of peace. 

Gal. VI, 10. As we have there- 
fore opportunity, let us do good 
unto all men, especially unto 
them who are of the household 
of faith. 

Eph. V, 2. And walk in love, 
as Christ also hath loved us, and 
hath given himself for us an of- 
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Phil, ii, 1. If there be therefore 
any consolation in Christ, if any 
comfort of love, if any fellowship 
of the Spirit, if any bowels and 
mercies, 

2. Fulfill ye my joy, that ye 
be likeminded, having the same 
love, being of one accord, of one 
mind. 

1 Cor. XII, 13. For by one Spirit 
are we all baptized into one body, 
whether we be Jews or Gentiles, 
whether we be bond or free; and 
have been all made to drink into 
one Spirit. 

8. The Duties of Christians 
TOWARD Each Other. 

John xiii, 34. A new com- 
mandment I give unto you, That 
ye love one another; as I have 
loved you, that ye also love one 
another. 

35. By this shall all men know 
that ye are my disciples, if ye 
have love one to another. 

John xv, 12. This is my com- 
mandment. That ye love one an- 
other, as I have loved you. 

Acts iv, 32. And the multitude 
of them that believed were of one 
heart and of one soul : neither 
said any of them that aught of 
the things which he possessed 
w^as his own; but they had all 
things common. 

John xvii, 20. Neither pray I 
for these alone, but for them also 
which shall believe on me through 
their word ; 

21 . That they all may be one ; 
as thou. Father, art in me, and I 
in thee, that they also may be one 
in us : that the world may believe 
that thou hast sent me. 

22. And the glory which thou 
gavest me I have given them; 
that they may be one, even as we 
are one. 

KoM. xii, 10. Be kindly afFec- 
tioned one to another with broth- 
erly love; in honor preferring one 
another. 

Gal. VI, 10. As we have there- 
fore opportunity, let us do good 
unto all men, especially unto 



them who are of the household 
of faith. 

2 CoR. XIII, 11. Finally, breth- 
ren, farewell. Be perfect, be of 
good comfort, be of one mind, 
live in peace; and the God of 
love and peace shall be with you. 

Psalm cxxxiii, 1. Behold, how 
good and how pleasant it is for 
brethren to dwell together in 
unity I 

2. It is like the precious oint- 
ment upon the head, that ran 
down upon the beard, even 
Aaron's beard: that went down 
to the skirts of his garments. 

Phil, ii, 1. If there be therefore 
any consolation in Christ, if any 
comfort of love, if any fellowship 
of the Spirit, if any bowels and 
mercies, 

2. Fulfill ye my joy, that ye 
be likeminded, having the same 
love, being of one accord, of one 
mind. 

Phil, hi, 16. Nevertheless, 
whereto we have already at- 
tained, let us walk by the same 
rule, let us mind the same thing. 

Heb. xiii, 1. Let brotherly love 
continue. 

1 Peter i, 22. Seeing ye have 
purified your souls in obeying the 
truth through the Spirit unto un- 
feigned love of the brethren, see 
that ye love one another with a 
pure heart fervently. 

1 Thess. IV, 9. With Onesimus, 
a faithful and beloved brother, 
who is one of you. They shall 
make known unto you all things 
which are done here. 

10. Aristarchus my fellow-pris- 
oner saluteth you, and Marcus, 
sister's son to Barnabas, (touch- 
ing whom ye received command- 
ments: if he come unto you, 
receive him.) 

2 Peter i, 5. And besides this, 
giving all diligence, add to your 
faith virtue ; and to virtue, knowl- 
edge; 

6. And to knowledge-, tem- 
perance; and to temperance, 
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7. And to godliness, brotherly 
kindness; and to brotherly kind- 
ness, charity. 

1 John ii, 10. He that loveth 
his brother abideth in the light, 
and there is none occasion of 
stumbling in him. 

11. But he that hateth his 
brother is in darkness, and walk- 
eth in darkness, and knoweth not 
whither he goeth, because that 
darkness hath blinded his eyes. 

1 John hi, 11. For this is the 
message that ye heard from the 
beginning, that we should love 
one another. 

1 John hi, 14. We know that 
we have passed from death unto 
life, because we love the breth- 
ren. He that loveth not his 
brother abideth in death. 

15. Whosoever hateth his broth- 
er is a murderer: and ye know 
that no murderer hath eternal life 
abiding in him. 

16. Hereby perceive we the love 
of God, because he laid down his 
life for us: and we ought to lay 
down our lives for the brethren. 

17. But whoso hath this world's 
good, and seeth his brother have 
need, and shutteth up his bowels 
of compassion from him, how 
dwelleth the love of God in him? 

18. My little children, let us 
not love in word, neither in 
tongue; but in deed and in truth. 

19. And hereby we know that 
we are of the truth, and shall 
assure our hearts before him. 

1 John iv, 7. Beloved, let us 
love one another: for love is of 
God; and every one that loveth 
is born of God, and knoweth God. 

8. He that loveth not, knoweth 
not God ; for God is love. 

1 John iv, 20. If a man say, I 
love God, and hateth his brother, 
he is a liar: for he that loveth 
not his brother whom he hath 
seen, how can he love God whom 
he hath not seen ? 

21. And this commandment 
have we from him, That he who 
loveth God love his brother also. 

1 Cor. V, 9. I wrote unto you in 



an epistle not to company with 
fornicators; 

10. Yet not altogether with the 
fornicators of this world, or with 
the covetous, or extortioners, or 
with idolaters; for then must ye 
needs go out of the world. 

Eph. V, 11. And have no fel- 
lowship with the unfruitful works 
of darkness, but rather reprove 
them. 

2 Thess. Ill, 6. But now when 
Timotheus came from you unto 
us, and brought us good tidings 
of your faith and charity, and 
that ye have good remembrance 
of us always, desiring greatly to 
see us, as we also to see you. 

2 Thess. hi, 14. And if any 
man obey not our word by this 
epistle, note that man, and have 
no company with him, that he 
may be ashamed. 

15. Yet count him not as an 
enemy, but admonish him as a 
brother. 

9. The Duty of Union with 
THE Church. 

Matt, x, 32. Whosoever there- 
fore shall confess me before men, 
him will I confess also before my 
Father which is in heaven. 

33. But whosoever shall deny 
me before men, him will I also 
deny before my Father which is 
in heaven. 

Deut. XXVI, 17. Thou ha^t 
avouched the Lord this day to 
be thy God, and to walk in his 
ways, and to keep his statutes, 
and his commandments, and his 
judgments, and to hearken unto 
his voice: 

18. And the Lord hath avouched 
thee this day to be his peculiar 
people, as he hath promised thee, 
and that thou shouldest keep all 
his commandments. 

Isaiah xliv, 5. One shall say, I 
am the Lord's; and another shall 
call himself by the name of Jacob ; 
and another shall subscribe with 
his hand unto the Lord, and sur- 
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Matt, v, 14. Ye are the light 
of the world. A city that is set 
on a hill can not be hid. 

15. Neither do men light a can- 
dle, and put it under a bushel, 
but on a candlestick; and it giv- 
eth light unto all that are m the 
house. 

Rom. X, 9. That if thou shalt 
confess with thy mouth the Lord 
Jesus, and shalt believe in thine 
heart that God hath raised him 
from the dead, thou shalt be 
saved. 

10. For with the heart man be- 
lieveth unto righteousness; and 
with the mouth confession is 
made unto salvation. 

Mark xvi, 16. He that believeth 
and is baptized shall be saved; 
but he that believeth not shall be 
damned. 

Luke xxii, 19. And he took 
bread, and gave thanks, and 
brake it, and gave unto them, 
saying. This is my body which 
is given for you: this do in re- 
membrance of me. 

1 CoR. XI, 26. For as often as 
ye eat this bread, and drink this 
cup, ye do shew the Lord's death 
till he come. 

1 John iv, 15. Whosoever shall 
confess that Jesus is the Son of 
God, God dwelleth in him, and 
he in God. 

2 Tim. ii, 12. If we suffer, we 
shall also reign with him: if 
we deny him, he also will deny 
us. 

2 Cor. vi, 17. Wherefore come 
out from among them, and be ye 
separate, saith the Lord, and 
touch not the unclean thing: 
and I will receive you; 

18. And will be a Father unto 
you, and ye shall be my sons 
and daughters, saith the Lord 
Almighty. 

10. Heretics and Disorderly 
Persons to be Excluded. 

Titus hi, 10. A man that is a 
heretic, after the first and second 
admonition, reject; 

11. Knowing that he that is 



such is subverted, and sinneth, 
being condemned of himself. 

2 Thess. hi, 6. Now we com- 
mand you, brethren, in the name 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye 
withdraw yourselves from every 
brother that walketh disorderly, 
and not after the tradition which 
he received of us. 

2 Thess. hi, 14. And if any 
man obey not our word by this 
epistle, note that man, and have 
no company with him, that he 
may be ashamed. 

15. Yet count him not as an 
enemy, but admonish him as a 
brother. 

Gal. VI, 1. Brethren, if a man 
be overtaken in a fault, ye which 
are spiritual, restore such a one 
in the spirit of meekness; con- 
sidering thyself, lest thou also be 
tempted. 

Eev. II, 1. Unto the angel of 
the church of Ephesus write; 
These things saith he that hold- 
eth the seven stars in his right 
hand, who walketh in the midst 
of the seven golden candlesticks; 

2. I know thy works, and thy 
labor, and thy patience, and how 
thou canst not bear them which 
are evil : and thou hast tried 
them which say they are apos- 
tles, and are not, and hast found 
them liars. 

2 CoR. V, 9. Wherefore we labor, 
that, whether present or absent, 
we may be accepted of him. 

10. For we must all appear be- 
fore the judgment-seat of Christ; 
that every one may receive the 
things done in his body, accord- 
ing to that he hath done, whether 
it be good or bad. 

11. Knowing therefore the ter- 
ror of the Lord, we persuade 
men; but we are made mani- 
fest unto God; and I trust also 
are made manifest in your con- 
sciences. 

12. For we commend not our- 
selves again unto you, but give 
you occasion to glory on our be- 
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glory in appearance, and not in 
heart. 

13. For whether we be beside 
ourselves, it is to God : or whether 
we be sober, it is for your cause. 

Matt, viii, 15. And he touched 
her hand, and the fever left her : 
and she arose, and ministered 
unto them. 

16. When the even was come 
they brought unto him many 
that were possessed with devils : 
and he cast out the spirits with 
his word, and healed all that 
were sick* 

17. That it might be fulfilled 
which was spoken by Esaias the 
prophet, saying. Himself took 
our infirmities, and bare our 
sicknesses. 

II. Prayers for the Church's 
Prosperity, 

Psalm cxxii, 6. Pray for the 
peace of Jerusalem : they shall 
prosper that love thee. 

7. Peace be within thy walls, 
and prosperity within thy palaces. 

8. For my brethren and com- 
panions' sakes, I will now say. 
Peace be within thee. 

9. Because of the house of the 
Lord our God I will seek thy good. 

Psalm cxxxvii, 5. If I forget 
thee, Jerusalem, let my right 
hand forget her cunning. 

6. If I do not remember thee, 
let my tongue cleave to the roof 
of my mouth ; if I prefer not Je- 
rusalem above my chief joy. 

Psalm lxxxvii, 2. The Lord 
loveth the gates of Zion more 
than all the dwellings of Jacob. 

3. Glorious things are spoken 
of thee, city of God. Selah. 

Psalm li, 18. Do good in thy 
good pleasure unto Zion : build 
thou the walls of Jerusalem. 

19. Then shalt thou be pleased 
with the sacrifices of righteous- 
ness, with burnt offering and 
whole burnt offering : then shall 
they offer bullocks upon thine 
altar. 

Isaiah xlix, 13. Sing, heav- 
ens j and be joyful, earth j and 



break forth into singing, mount- 
ains : for the Lord hath comforted 
his people, and will have mercy 
upon his afflicted. 

14. But Zion said. The Lord 
hath forsaken me, and my Lord 
hath forgotten me. 

15. Can a woman forget her 
sucking child, that she should 
not have compassion on the son 
of her womb? yea, they may 
forget, yet will I not forget thee. 

16. Behold, I have graven thee 
upon the palms of my hands ; thy 
walls are continually before me. 

Eph. V, 25. Husbands, love 
your wives, even as Christ also 
loved the Church, and gave him- 
self for it, 

26. That he might sanctify and 
cleanse it with the washing of 
water by the Word, 

27. That he might present it to 
himself a glorious Church, not 
having spot, or w^rinkle, or any 
such thing ; but that it should be 
holy and without blemish. 

Isaiah lxii, 6. I have set watch- 
men upon thy walls, Jerusalem, 
which shall never hold their peace 
day nor night : ye that make men- 
tion of the Lord, keep not silence, 

7. And give him no rest, till he 
establish, and till he make Jeru- 
salem a praise in the earth. 

Rev. I, 5. And from Jesus 
Christ, who is the faithful witness, 
and the first-begotten of the dead, 
and the prince of the kings of the 
earth. IJnto him that loved us, 
and washed us from our sins in 
his own blood, 

6. And hath made us kings 
and priests unto God and his Fa- 
ther; to him be glory and domin- 
ion forever and ever. Amen. 

Leut. VII, 9. Know therefore 
that the Lord thy God, he is God, 
the faithful God, which keepeth 
covenant and mercy with them 
that love him and keep his com- 
mandments to a thousand genera- 
tions. 

Deut. xxxii, 9. For the Lord's 
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10. He found him in a desert 
land, and in the waste howling 
wilderness ; he led him about, he 
instructed him, he kept him as 
the apple of his eye. 

11. As an eagle stirreth up her 
nest, fiuttereth over her young, 
spreadeth abroad her wings, tak- 
eth them, beareth them on her 
wings : 

12. So the Lord alone did lead 
him, and there was no strange 
god with him. 

Neh. IX, 16. But they and our 
fathers dealt proudly, and hard- 
ened their necks, and hearkened 
not to thy commandments, 

17. And refused to obey, neither 
were mindful of thy wonders that 
thou didst among them; but 
hardened their necks, and in 
their rebellion appointed a cap- 
tain to return to their bondage: 
but thou art a God ready to par- 
don, gracious and merciful, slow 
to anger, and of great kindness, 
and forsookest them not. 

18. Yea, when they had made 
them a molten calf, and said. This 
is thy god that brought thee up 
out of Egypt, and had wrought 
great provocations ; 

19. Yet thou in thy manifold 
mercies forsookest them not in 
the wilderness : the pillar of the 
cloud departed not from them by 
day, to lead them in the way ; 
neither the pillar of fire by night, 
to shew them light, and the way 
wherein they should go. 

20. Thou gavest also thy good 
Spirit to instruct them, and with- 
heldest not thy manna from their 
mouth, and gavest them water for 
their thirst. 

21. Yea, forty years didst thou 
sustain them in the wilderness, so 
that they lacked nothing ; their 
clothes waxed not old, and their 
feet swelled not. 

12. Limits of Christian Fel- 
lowship. 

Eph.v, 11. And have no fellow- 
ship with the unfruitful works 



of darkness, but rather reprove 
them. 

2 Thess. Ill, 6. Now we com- 
mand you, brethren, in the name 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye 
withdraw yourselves from every 
brother that w^alketh disorderly, 
and not after the tradition which 
he received of us. 

2 Thess. Ill, 14. And if any man 
obey not our word by this epistle, 
note that man, and have no com- 
pany with him, that he may be 
ashamed. 

15. Yet count him not as an en- 



emy, 



but admonish him as a 



brother. 

2 Tim. iii, 1. This know also, 
that in the last days perilous 
times shall come. 

2. For men shall be lovers of 
their own selves, covetous, boast- 
ers, proud, blasphemers, disobe- 
dient to parents, unthankful, 
unholy, 

3. Without natural affection, 
truce-breakers, false accusers, in- 
continent, fierce, despisers of 
those that are good, 

4. Traitors, heady, highminded, 
lovers of pleasure more than lov- 
ers of God ; 

5. Having a form of godliness, 
but denying the power thereof: 
from such turn away. 

Matt, x, 11. And into whatso- 
ever city or town ye shall enter, 
inquire who in it is worthy; and 
there abide till ye go thence. 

12. And when ye come into a 
house, salute it. 

13. And if the house be wor- 
thy, let your peace come upon it : 
but if it be not worthy, let your 
peace return to you. 

14. And whosoever shall not 
receive you, nor hear your words, 
when ye depart out of that house 
or city, shake off the dust of your 
feet. 

2 Cor. v, 9. Wherefore we la- 
bor, that, whether present or 
absent, we may be accepted of 
him. 

10. For we must all appear be- 
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that every one mav receive the 
things done in his body, accord- 
ing to that he hath done, whether 
it be good or bad. 

11. Knowing therefore the ter- 
ror of the Lord, we persuade men ; 
but we are made manifest unto 
God ; and I trust also are made 
manifest in vour consciences. 

2 John, 10. If there come any 
unto you, and bring not this 
doctrine, receive him not into 
your house, neither bid him God 
speed: 

11. Por he that biddeth him 
God speed is partaker of his evil 
deeds. 

13. The Church Missionary in 
ITS Constitution. 

Matt. XXVIII, 19. Go ye there- 
fore, and teach all nations, bap- 
tizing them in the name of the 
Father, and of the Son, and of 
the Holy Ghost: 

20. Teaching them to observe 
all things whatsoever I have 
commanded you : and, lo, I am 
with you alway, even unto the 
end of the world. Amen. 

Mark xvi, 15. And he gaid unto 
them, Go ye into all the world, 
and preach the Gospel to every 
creature. 

Acts xxvi, 16. But rise, and 
stand upon thy feet : for I have 
appeared unto thee for this pur- 
pose, to make thee a minister and 
a witness both of these things 
which thou hast seen, and of 
those things in the which I will 
appear unto thee : 

17. Delivering thee from the 
people, and from the Gentiles, 
unto whom now I send thee, 

18. To open their eyes, and to 
turn them from darkness to light, 
and from the power of Satan unto 
God, that they may receive for- 
giveness of sins, and inheritance 
among them which are sanctified 
by faith that is in me. 

Rom. X, 14. How then shall 
they call on him in whom they 
have not believed ? and how shall 
they believe in him of whom they 



have not heard? and how shall 
they hear without a preacher? 

15. And how shall they preach 
except they be sent ? as it is writ- 
ten. How beautiful are the feet 
of them that preach the Gospel of 
peace, and bring glad tidings of 
good things ! 

Luke xxi, 15. For I will give 
you a mouth and wisdom, which 
all your adversaries shall not be 
able to gainsay nor resist. 

John xiii, 20. Verily, verily, I 
say unto you, He that receiveth 
whomsoever I send receiveth me; 
and he that receiveth me receiv- 
eth him that sent me. 

Luke x, 16. He that heareth 
you heareth me ; and he that 
despiseth you despiseth me; and 
he that despiseth me despiseth 
him that sent me. 

1 Cor. IX, 11. If we have sown 
unto you spiritual things, is it a 
great thing if we shall reap your 
carnal things ? 

Isaiah vi, 9. And he said. Go, 
and tell this people. Hear ye in- 
deed, but understand not ; and 
see ye indeed, but perceive not. 

10. Make the heart of this peo- 
ple fat, and make their ears heavy, 
and shut their eyes; lest they see 
with their eyes, and hear with 
their ears, and understand with 
their heart, and convert, and be 
healed. 

11. Tiien said I, Lord, how 
long? And he answered. Until 
the cities be wasted without in- 
habitant, and the houses without 
man, and the land be utterly des- 
olate. 

John xii, 37. But though he 
had done so many miracles be- 
fore them, yet they believed not 
on him : 

38. That the saying of Esaia^ 
the prophet might be fulfilled, 
which he spake. Lord, who hath 
believed our report ? and to whom 
hath the arm of the Lord been 
revealed? 

39. Therefore they could not be- 
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40. He hath blinded their eyes, 
and hardened their heart ; that 
they should not see with their 
eyes, nor understand with their 
heart, and be converted, and I 
should heal them. 

Acts xiii, 46. Then Paul and 



Barnabas waxed bold, and said. 
It was necessary that the Word 
of God should first have been 
spoken to you : but seeing ye put 
it from you, and judge yourselves 
unworthy of everlasting life, lo, 
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CHAPTER II 



THE MINISTRY. 



1. Ministers are Called of 

God. 

Mark xvi, 15. And he said unto 
them. Go ye into all the world, 
and preach the Gospel to every 
creature. 

Luke x, 1. After these things 
the Lord appointed other seventy 
also, and sent them two and two 
before his face into every city and 
place, whither he himself would 
come. 

2. Therefore said he unto them. 
The harvest truly is great, but 
the laborers are few : pray ye 
therefore the Lord of the harvest, 
that he would send forth laborers 
into his harvest. 

Isaiah lxii, 2. And the Gentiles 
shall see thy righteousness, and 
all kings thy glory : and thou 
shalt be called by a new name, 
which the mouth of the Lord 
shall name. 

Mal. II, 7. For the priest's lips 
should keep knowledge, and they 
should seek the law at his mouth : 
for he is the messenger of the 
Lord of hosts. 

Acts xx, 24. But none of these 
things move me, neither count I 
my life dear unto myself, so that 
I might finish my course with 
joy, and the ministry, which I 
have received of the Lord Jesus, 
to testify the Gospel of the grace 
of God. 

EoM. XII, 6. Having then gifts 



differing according to the grace 
that is given to us, whether 
prophecy, let us prophesy accord- 
ing to the portion of faith ; 

7. Or ministry, let us wait on 
our ministering ; or he that teach- 
eth, on teaching; 

8. Or he that exhorteth, on ex- 
hortation : he that giveth, let him 
do it with simplicity ; he that 
ruleth, with diligence j he that 
sheweth mercy, with cheerful- 
ness. 

2 Cor. v, 18. And all things are 
of God, who hath reconciled us to 
himself by Jesus Christ, and hath 
given to us the ministry of recon- 
ciliation. 

1 Tim. 1, 12. And I thank Christ 
Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled 
me, for that he counted me faith- 
ful, putting me into the ministry, 

CoL. IV, 17. And say to Archip- 
pus. Take heed to the ministry 
which thou hast received in the 
Lord, that thou fulfill it. 

Titus i, 3. But hath in due 
times manifested his word through 
preaching, which is committed 
unto me according to the com- 
mandment of God our Savior. 

Jer. Ill, 15. And I will give you 
pastors according to mine heart, 
which shall feed you with knowl- 
edge and understanding. 

Acts xxvi, 16. But rise, and 
stand upon thy feet: for I have 
appeared unto thee for this pur- 
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a witness both of these things 
which thou hast seen, and of 
those things in the which I will 
appear unto thee : 

17. Delivering thee from the 
people, and from the Gentiles, 
unto whom now I send thee, 

18. To open their eyes, and to 
turn them from darkness to light, 
and from the power of Satan unto 
God, that they may receive for- 
giveness of sins, and inheritance 
among them which are sanctified 
by faith that is in me. 

Rom. X, 14. How then shall they 
call on him in whom they have 
not believed ? and how shall they 
believe in him of whom they have 
not heard? and how shall they 
hear without a preacher ? 

15. And how shall they preach, 
except they be sent ? as it is writ- 
ten. How beautiful are the feet of 
them that preach the Gospel of 
peace, and bring glad tidings of 
good things I 

EzEK. Ill, 17. Son of man, I 
have made thee a watchman unto 
the house of Israel : therefore 
hear the Word at my mouth, and 
give them warning from me. 

2 Cor. i, 21. Now he which 
stablisheth us with you in Christ, 
and hath anointed us, is God. 

2 Cor. v, 20. ISTow then we are 
embassadors for Christ, as though 
God did beseech you by us : we 
pray you in Christ's stead, be ye 
reconciled to God. 

Eph. IV, 11. And he gave some, 
apostles ; and some, prophets ; 
and some, evangelists; and some, 
pastors and teachers ; 

12. For the perfecting of the 
saints, for the work of the minis- 
try, for the edifying of the body 
of Christ : 

13. Till we all come in the uni- 
ty of the faith, and of the knowl- 
edge of the Son of God, unto a 
perfect man, unto the meiisure of 
the stature of the fullness of 
Christ. 

Matt, x, 16. Behold, I send 
you forth as sheep in the midst 
of wolves: be ye therefore wise 



as serpents, and harmless as 

doves. 

17. But beware of men : for 
they will deliver you up to the 
councils, and they will scourge 
you in their synagogues. 

Acts xx, 28. Take heed there- 
fore unto yourselves, and to all 
the flock, over the which the Holy 
Ghost hath made you overseers, 
to feed the Church of God, which 
he hath purchased with his own 
blood. 

29. For I know this, that af- 
ter my departing shall grievous 
wolves enter in among you, not 
sparing the flock. 

30. Also of your own selves 
shall men arise, speaking per- 
verse things, to draw away dis- 
ciples after them. 

31. Therefore watch, and re- 
member, that by the space of 
three years I ceased not to warn 
every one night and day with 
tears. 

1 Cor. IV, 1. Let a man so ac- 
count of us, as of the ministers 
of Christ, and stewards of the 
mysteries of God. 

2. Moreover it is required in 
stewards, that a man be found 
faithful. 

1 CoR. IX, 16. For though I 
preach the Gospel, I have nothing 
to glory of: for necessity is laid 
upon me ; yea, woe is unto me, 
if I preach not the Gospel I 

Gal. I, 10. For do I now per- 
suade men, or God? or do I seek 
to please men? for if I yet pleased 
men, I should not be the servant 
of Christ. 

2 Tim. ii, 15. Study to shew 
thyself approved unto God, a 
workman that needeth not to be 
ashamed, rightly dividing the 
word of truth. 

2 TixM. IV, 1. I charge thee 
therefore before God, and the 
Lord Jesus Christ, who shall 
judge the quick and the dead 
at his appearing and his king- 
dom; 

2. Preach the Word ; be instant 
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rebuke, exhort with all long-suf- 
fering and doctrine. 

3. For the time will come when 
they will not endure sound doc- 
trine; but after their own lusts 
shall they heap to themselves 
teachers, having itching ears ; 

4. And they shall turn away 
their ears from the truth, and 
shall be turned unto fables. 

5. But watch thou in all things, 
endure afflictions, do the work of 
an evangelist, make full proof of 
thy ministry. 

2. The Preaching of the Gos- 
pel THE Great Instrument 
OF Human Salvation. 

Neh. VI, 6. Wherein was writ- 
ten, It is reported among the 
heathen, and Gashmu saith it, 
that thou and the Jews think to 
rebel : for which cause thou build- 
est the wall, that thou mayest be 
their king, according to these 
words. 

7. And thou hast also appointed 
prophets to preach of thee at Je- 
rusalem, saying, There is a king 
in Judah : and now shall it be re- 
ported to the king according to 
these words. Come now there- 
fore, and let us take counsel 
together. 

Isaiah lxi, 1. The Spirit of the 
Lord God is upon me ; because 
the Lord hath anointed me to 
preach good tidings unto the 
meek ; he hath sent me to bind 
up the broken-hearted, to pro- 
claim liberty to the captives, and 
the opening of the prison to them 
that are bound; 

2. To proclaim the acceptable 
year of the Lord, and the day of 
vengeance of our God ; to comfort 
all that mourn ; 

3. To appoint unto them that 
mourn in Zion, to give unto them 
beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for 
mourning, the garment of praise 
for the spirit of heaviness ; that 
they might be called trees of 
righteousness. The planting of 
the Lord, that he might be glori- 
fied. 



Mabk I, 4. John did baptize in 
the wilderness, and preach the 
baptism of repentance for the re- 
mission of sins. 

Luke iv, 18. The Spirit of the 
Lord is upon me, because he hath 
anointed me to preach the Gos- 
pel to the poor ; he hath sent me 
to heal the broken-hearted, to 
preach deliverance to the cap- 
tives, and recovering of sight to 
the blind, to set at liberty them 
that are bruised, 

19. To preach the . acceptable 
year of the Lord. 

Acts x, 42. And he commanded 
us to preach unto the people, and 
to testify that it is he which was 
ordained of God to be the Judge 
of quick and dead. 

Rom. X, 8. But what saith it? 
The Word is nigh thee, even in 
thy mouth, and in thy heart : 
that is, the word of faith, which 
we preach ; 

9. That if thou shalt confess 
with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, 
and shalt believe in thine heart 
that God hath raised him from 
the dead, thou shalt be saved. 

10. For with the heart man be- 
lieveth unto righteousness; and 
with the mouth confession is made 
unto salvation. 

Acts v, 42. And daily in the 
temple, and in every house, they 
ceased not to teach and preach 
Jesus Christ. 

2 CoR. IV, 5. For we preach not 
ourselves, but Christ Jesus the 
Lord ; and ourselves your servants 
for Jesus' sake. 

2 Tim. iv, 15. Of whom be thou 
ware also ; for he hath greatly 
withstood our words. 

16. At my first answer no man 
stood with me, but all men for- 
sook me : I pray God that it may 
not be laid to their charge. 

17. IS'otwithstanding the Lord 
stood with me, and strengtliened 
me; that by me the preaching 
might be fully known, and that 
all the Gentiles might hear: and 
I was delivered out of the mouth 
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18. And the Lord shall deliver 
me from every evil work, and will 
preserve me unto his heavenly 
kingdom : to whom be glory for- 
ever and ever. Amen. 

Luke ix, 60. Jesus said unto 
him, Let the dead bury their 
dead: but go thou and preach 
the kingdom of God. 

Acts xvii, 3. Opening and al- 
leging, that Christ must needs 
have suffered, and risen again 
from the dead ; and that this Je- 
sus, whom I preach unto you, is 
Christ. 

4. And some of them believed, 
and consorted with Paul and Si- 
las; and of the devout Greeks a 
great multitude, and of the chief 
women not a few. 

Acts hi, 8. And he leaping up 
stood, and walked, and entered 
with them into the temple, walk- 
ing, and leaping, and praising 
God. 

9. And all the people saw him 
walking and praising God. 

Col. I, 25. Whereof I am made 
a minister, according to the dis- 
pensation of God which is given 
to me for you, to fulfill the Word 
of God; 

26. Even the mystery which 
hath been hid from ages and from 
generations, but now is made 
manifest to his saints : 

27. To whom God would make 
known what is the riches of the 
glory of this mystery among the 
Gentiles ; which is Christ in you, 
the hope of glory : 

28. Whom we preach, warning 
every man, and teaching every 
man in all wisdom ; that we may 
present every man perfect in 
Christ Jesus: 

29. Whereunto I also labor, 
striving according to his working, 
which worketh in me mightily. 

Luke xxiv, 47. And that re- 
pentance and remission of sins 
should be preached in his name 
among all nations, beginning at 
Jerusalem. 

Acts xiii, 38. Be it known unto 
you therefore, men and brethren, 



that through this man is preached 
unto you the forgiveness of sins : 

39. And by him all that believe 
are justified from all things, from 
which ye could not be justified by 
the law of Moses. 

1 Cor. XV, 1. Moreover, breth- 
ren, I declare unto you the Gospel 
which I preached unto you, which 
also ye have received, and wherein 
ye stand ; 

2. By which also ye are saved, 
if ye 'keep in memory what I 
preached unto you, unless ye 
have believed in vain. 

Gal. I, 16. To reveal his Son 
in me, that I might preach him 
among the heathen ; immediately 
I conferred not with flesh and 
blood. 

Eph. II, 17. And came and 
preached peace to you which 
were afar off, and to them that 
were nigh. 

Heb. IV, 2. For unto us was the 
Gospel preached, as well as unto 
them : but the Word preached did 
not profit them, not being mixed 
with faith in them that heard it. 

Heb. IV, 6. Seeing therefore it 
remaineth that some must enter 
therein, and they to whom it was 
first preached entered not in be- 
cause of unbelief. 

Col. I, 23. If ye continue in 
the faith grounded and settled, 
and be not moved away from 
the hope of the Gospel, which 
ye have heard, and which was 
preached to every creature which 
is under heaven ; whereof I Paul 
am made a minister. 

Acts x, 36. The word which 
God sent unto the children of 
Israel, preaching peace by Jesus 
Christ: (he is Lord of all.) 

Acts x, 25. And as Peter was 
coming in, Cornelius met him, 
and fell down at his feet, and 
worshiped him. 

26. But Peter took him up, say- 
ing. Stand up; I myself also am 
a man. 

27. And as he talked with him, 
he went in, and found many that 
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Acts xvii, 18. Then certain 
philosophers of the Epicureans, 
and of the Stoics, encountered 
him. And some said, What will 
this babbler say? other some, 
He seemeth to be a setter forth 
of strange gods: because he 
preached unto them Jesus, and 
the resurrection. 

2 Cor. iv, 1. Therefore, seeing 
we have this ministry, as we 
have received mercy, we faint 
not; 

2. But have renounced the 
hidden things of dishonesty, not 
walking in craftiness, nor hand- 
ling the Word of God deceitfully; 
but, by manifestation of the truth, 
commending ourselves to every 
man's conscience in the sight of 
God. 

2 Cor. v, 20. Now then we are 
embassadors for Christ, as though 
God did beseech you by us: we 
pray you in Christ's stead, be ye 
reconciled to God. 

1 Thess. II, 3. For our exhorta- 
tion was not of deceit, nor of un- 
cleanness, nor in guile: 

4. But as we were allowed of 
God to be put in trust with the 
Gospel, even so we speak; not as 
pleasing men, but God, which 
trieth our hearts. 

5. For neither at any time used 
we flattering words, as ye know, 
nor a cloak of covetousness ; God 
is witness. 

2 Tim. ii, 15. Study to show 
thyself approved unto God, a 
workman that needeth not to be 
ashamed, rightly dividing the 
word of truth. 

2 Tim. iv, 1. I charge thee 
therefore before God, and the 
Lord Jesus Christ, who shall 
judge the quick and the dead 
at his appearing and his king- 
dom; 

2. Preach the Word; be instant 
in season, out of season ; reprove, 
rebuke, exhort with all long-suf- 
fering and doctrine. 

3. For the time will come when 
they will not endure sound doc- 
trine; but after their own lusts i 



shall they heap to themselves 
teachers, having itching ears; 

4. And they shall turn away 
their ears from the truth, and 
shall be turned unto fables. 

5. But watch thou in all things, 
endure afflictions, do the work of 
an evangelist, make full proof of 
thy ministry. 

1 Peter iv, 11. If any man 
speak, let him speak as the ora- 
cles of God; if any man minis- 
ter, let him do it as of the ability 
which God giveth ; that God in all 
things may be glorified through 
Jesus Christ: to whom be praise 
and dominion forever and ever. 
Amen. 

Matt, xviii, 19. And when he 
saw a fig-tree in the way, he came 
to it, and found nothing thereon, 
but leaves only, and said unto it. 
Let no fruit grow on thee hence- 
forward forever. And presently 
the fig-tree withered away. 

20. And when the disciples 
saw it, they marveled, saying. 
How soon is the fig-tree withered 
away I 

EzEK. Ill, 9. As an adamant 
harder than flint have I made 
thy forehead: fear them not, nei- 
ther be dismayed at their looks, 
though they be a rebellious house. 

10. Moreover he said unto me, 
Son of man, all my words that I 
shall speak unto thee receive in 
thine heart, and hear with thine 
ears. 

EzEK. II, 7. And thou shalt 
speak my words unto them, 
whether they will hear, or 
whether they will forbear: for 
they are most rebellious. 

Neh. VIII, 8. So they read in 
the book in the law of God dis- 
tinctly, and gave the sense, and 
caused them to understand the 
reading. 

Jer. XXIII, 28. T^he prophet 
that hath a dream, let him tell 
a dream; and he that hath my 
word, let him speak my word 
faithfully. What is the chaff" to 
the wheat? saith the Lord. 

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the wisdom of God the world by 
wisdom knew not God, it pleased 
God by the foolishness of preach- 
ing to save them that believe. 

Deut. XXXIII, 10. They shall 
teach Jacob thy judgments, and 
Israel thy law: they shall put 
incense before thee, and whole 
burnt-sacrifice upon thine altar. 

EccL. XII, 9. And moreover, 
because the Preacher was wise, 
he still taught the people knowl- 
edge; yea, he gave good heed, 
and sought out, and set in order 
many proverbs. 

3. Ministers to be Supported. 

Num. XVIII, 21. And, behold, I 
have given the children of Levi 
all the tenth in Israel for an in- 
heritance, for their service which 
they serve, even the service of 
the tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion. 

Deut. xii, 19. Take heed to 
thyself that thou forsake not the 
Levite as long as thou livest upon 
the earth. 

Mal. Ill, 9. Ye are cursed with 
a curse : for ye have robbed me, 
even this whole nation. 

10. Bring ye all the tithes into 
the store-house, that there may be 
meat in mine house, and prove 
me now herewith, saith the Lord 
of hosts, if I will not open you 
the windows of heaven, and pour 
you out a blessing, that there 
shall not be room enough to re- 
ceive it. 

Matt, x, 9. Provide neither 
gold, nor silver, nor brass in 
your purses ; 

10. Nor scrip for your journey, 
neither two coats, neither shoes, 
nor yet staves : for the workman 
is worthy of his meat. 

Matt, x, 40. He that receiveth 
you receiveth me; and he that 
receiveth me receiveth him that 
sent me. 

41. He that receiveth a prophet 
in the name of a prophet shall 
receive a prophet's reward; and 
he that receiveth a righteous 
man in the name of a righteous 



man shall receive a righteous 
man's reward. 

Luke x, 16. He that heareth 
you heareth me; and he that de- 
spiseth you despiseth me; and he 
that despiseth me despiseth him 
that sent me. 

1 Cor. IX, 11. If we have sown 
unto you spiritual things, is it a 
great thing if we shall reap your 
carnal things? 

12. If others be partakers of 
this power over you, are not we 
rather? Nevertheless we have 
not used this power; but suffer 
all things, lest we should hinder 
the Gospel of Christ. 

13. Do ye not know that they 
which minister about holy things 
live of the things of the temple? 
and they which wait at the altar 
are partakers with the altar? 

14. Even so hath the Lord or- 
dained that they which preach 
the Gospel should live of the 
Gospel ? 

15. But I have used none of 
these things : neither have I writ- 
ten these things, that it should be 
so done unto me: for it were bet- 
ter for me to die, than that any 
man should make my glorying 
void. 

Gal. VI, 6. Let him that is 
taught in the word communi- 
cate unto him that teacheth in 
all good things. 

1 Thess. V, 12. And we be- 
seech you, brethren, to know 
them which labor among you, 
and are over you in the Lord, 
and admonish you; 

13. And to esteem them very 
highly in love for their work's 
sake. And be at peace among 
yourselves. 

1 Tim. V, 17. Let the elders 
that rule well be counted worthy 
of double honor, especially they 
who labor in the word and doc- 
trine. 

18. For the Scripture saith, 
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox 
that treadeth out the corn. And, 
The laborer is worthy of his re- 
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4. Different Orders in the 
Ministry. 

Philemon, 1. Paul, a prisoner 
of Jesus Christ, and Timothy 
our brother, unto Philemon our 
dearly beloved, and fellow-la- 
borer. 

1 Tim. Ill, 8. Likewise must 
the deacons be grave, not double- 
tongued, not given to much wine, 
not greedy of filthy lucre. 

1 Tim. Ill, 10. And let these 
also first be proved; then let 
them use the office of a deacon, 
being found blameless. 

1 Tim. Ill, 12. Let the deacons 
be the husbands of one wife, rul- 
ing their children and their own 
houses well. 

13. For they that have used the 
office of a deacon well purchase 
to themselves a good degi-ee, and 
great boldness in the faith which 
is in Christ Jesus. 

1 Tim. V, 1. Eebuke not an elder, 
but entreat him as a father; and 
the younger men as brethren. 

1 Tim. V, 17. Let the elders 
that rule well be counted worthy 
of double honor, especially they 
who labor in the word and doc- 
trine. 

18. For the Scripture saith, 
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox 
that treadeth out the corn. And, 
The laborer is worthy of his re- 
ward. 

19. Against an elder receive 
not an accusation, but before two 
or three witnesses. 

1 Pet. V, 1. The elders which 
are among you I exhort, who am 
also an elder, and a witness of 
the sufferings of Christ, and also 
a partaker of the glory that shall 
be revealed. 

2 John, 1. The elder unto the 
elect lady and her children, whom 
I love in the truth ; and not I 
only, but also all they that have 
known the truth. 

3 John, 1. The elder unto the 
well-beloved Gains, whom I love 
in the truth. 

1 Tim. hi, 2. For men shall be 



lovers of their own selves, covet- 
ous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, 
disobedient to parents, unthank- 
ful, unholy, 

3. Without natural aff'ection, 
trucebreakers, false accusers, in- 
continent, fierce, despisers of 
those that are good, 

4. Traitors, heady, highminded, 
lovers of pleasures more than 
lovers of God ; 

5. Having a form of godliness, 
but denying the power thereof: 
from such turn away. 

6. For of this sort are they 
which creep into houses, and lead 
captive silly women laden with 
sins, led away with divers lusts, 

7. Ever learning, and never 
able to come to the knowledge of 
the truth. 

Eph. IV, 11. And he gave some, 
apostles ; and some, prophets ; 
and some, evangelists ; and some, 
pastors and teachers ; 

12. For the perfecting of the 
saints, for the work of the minis- 
try, for the edifying of the body 
of Christ : 

13. Till we all come in the uni- 
ty of the faith, and of the knowl- 
edge of the Son of God, unto a 
perfect man, unto the measure of 
the stature of the fullness of 
Christ. 

Titus i, 5. For this cause left I 
thee in Crete, that thou shouldest 
set in order the things that are 
wanting, and ordain elders in 
every city, as I had appointed 
thee: 

6. If any be blameless, the hus- 
band of one wife, having faithful 
children not accused of riot or 
unruly. 

7. For a bishop must be blame- 
less, as the steward of God ; not 
self-willed, not soon angry, not 
given to wine, no striker, not 
given to filthy lucre ; 

8. But a lover of hospitality, a 
lover of good men, sober, just, 
holy, temperate; 

9. Holding fast the faithful 
Word as he hath been taught, 
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doctrine both to exhort and to 
convince the gainsayers. 

Phil, i, 1. Paul and Timotheus, 
the servants of Jesus Christ, to 
all the saints in Christ Jesus 
which are at Philippi, with the 
bishops and deacons. 

1 Tim. Ill, 1. This is a true say- 
ing, If a man desire the office 
of a bishop, he desireth a good 
work. 

5. Ministers to be Examples to 
THE Church. 

1 Thess. II, 10. Ye are wit- 
nesses, and God also, how holily, 
and justly, and unblamably we 
behaved ourselves among you 
that believe. 

1 Tim. IV, 12. Let no man de- 
spise thy youth ; but be thou an 
example of the believers, in word, 
in conversation, in charity, in 
spirit, in faith, in purity. 

13. Till I come, give attendance 
to reading, to exhortation, to doc- 
trine. 

14. Neglect not the gift that is 
in thee, which was given thee by 
prophecy, with the laying on of 
the hands of the presbytery. 



15. Meditate upon these things ; 
give thyself wholly to them ; that 
thy profiting may appear to 
all. 

16. Take heed unto thyself, and 
unto the doctrine j continue in 
them : for in doing this thou shalt 
both save thyself, and them that 
hear thee. 

2 Tim. ii, 3. Thou therefore en- 
dure hardness, as a good soldier 
of Jesus Christ. 

4. No man that warreth entan- 
gleth himself with the affairs of 
this life; that he may please him 
who hath chosen him to be a 
soldier. 

2 Tim. iv, 5. But watch thou 
in all things, endure afflictions, 
do the work of an evangelist, 
make full proof of thy min- 
istry. 

Titus ii, 7. In all things shew- 
ing thyself a pattern of good 
works: in doctriite shewing un- 
corruptness, gravity, sincerity, 

8. Sound speech, that can not 
be condemned ; that he that is of 
the contrary part may be ashamed, 
having no evil thing to say of 
you. 



CHAPTER III 



CHRISTIAN BAPTISM. 



BAPTISM. 

Christian baptism is a sacrament instituted by 
Christ himself. The authority and obligation of bap- 
tism, as a universal ordinance of the Christian Church, 
is derived from the commission of Christ, "Go ye, there- 
fore, and teach all nations; baptizing them in the name 
of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." 

That baptism is obligatory is evident from the 
example of Christ, who, by his disciples, baptized 



CHRISTIAN BAPTISM. 239 

many that by his miracles and discourses were brought 
to profess faith in him as the Messiah, from his com- 
mand to his apostles after the resurrection, and from 
the practice of the apostles themselves. That it was 
administered to all Gentile converts, and not confined 
to the Jews, appears from Matthew xxviii, 19, 20: ''Go 
ye, therefore, and teach all nations; baptizing them in 
the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the 
Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things what- 
soever I have commanded you; and, lo, I am with you 
always, even unto the end of the world;" and from Acts 
X, 47: "Can any man forbid water, that these should 
not be baptized, who have received the Holy Ghost as 
well as we;" and that the baptism of the Spirit did not 
supersede water baptism appears clearly to have been 
the judgment of Peter and of those that were with him. 
As to the design and benefits of baptism various views 
are held by different bodies of professing Christians. 
The following are the principal ones: 

1. That it is a direct instrument of grace. This is the 
view of the Eoman and Eastern Churches, and of what 
is known as the High Church Party in the Protestant 
Episcopal and Lutheran Churches, and also of the Ee- 
formers or Campbellites, who regard baptism as the 
remitting ordinance of the Gospel, or the appointed 
means through which the penitent sinner obtains the 
assurance of that remission of sins purchased by the 
death of Christ. 

2. That held by the Socinians; which is, " That bap- 
tism is neither an instrument nor seal of grace, but simply a 
ceremony of initiation into Church membership.'' 

3. That it is a token of regeneration, to be received 
only by those who are really regenerated. This is the 
view held by the Baptists. 



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4. That it is a symbol of purification, the use of which 
simply announces that the religion of Christ is a purify- 
ing religion. This opinion is held generally by Con- 
gregationalists. 

5. That it is a rite of initiation into the visible Churchy 
and thatj though not an instrument, it is a seal of grace. 
This is the view taken by a majority of the confessions 
of the Eeformed Churches. 

The Westminster Confession holds that "baptism is 
a sacrament of the ISTew Testament, ordained by Jesus 
Christ, not only for the solemn admission of the party 
baptized into the visible Church, but also to be unto him 
a sign and seal of the covenant of grace, of his ingraft- 
ing into Christ, of regeneration, of remission of sins, 
and of his giving up to God through Jesus Christ to 
walk in newness of life ; which sacrament is by Christ's 
own appointment, to be continued in the Church to the 
end of the world." 

In the seventeenth article of the Methodist Episco- 
pal Church, it is declared that "baptism is not only a 
sign of profession and mark of difference whereby 
Christian men are distinguished from others that are 
not baptized, but it is also a sign of regeneration, or the 
new birth. The baptism of children is to be retained 
in the Church." The same language is substantially 
used in the Articles of Religion of the Church of 
England, and with some addition by the Protestant 
Episcopal Church in the United States of America. 

Eichard Watson, in his Institutes, Yol. II, page 
646, says: "Baptism introduces the adult believer into 
the covenant of grace and Church of Christ, and is 
the seal and pledge to him, on the part of God, of the 
fulfillment of all its provisions in time and in eternity; 
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CHRISTIAN BAPTISM. 241 

steadfast faith and obedience. To the infant child it is 
a visible reception into the same covenant and Church, 
a pledge of acceptance through Christ, the bestowment 
of a title to all the graces of the covenant as circum- 
stances may require, and as the mind of the child may- 
be capable or made capable of receiving it, and as it 
may be sought in future life by prayer, when the period 
of reason and moral choice shall arrive. It conveys 
also the present blessing of Christ; of which we are as- 
sured by his taking children in his arms and blessing 
them, which blessing can not be merely nominal, but 
must be substantial and efficacious. It secures, too, the 
gift of the Holy Ghost in. those secret spiritual influ- 
ences by which the actual regeneration of those children 
who die in infancy is effected, and which are a seed of 
life in those who are spared, to prepare them for instruc- 
tion in the Word of God, as they are taught it by 
parental care to incline their will and affections to good, 
and to begin and maintain in them the war against 
inward and outward evil, so that they may be Divinely 
assisted, as reason strengthens, to make their calling and 
election sure. In a word, it is both as to infants and 
adults, the sign and pledge of that inward grace which, 
though modified in its operations by the difference of 
their circumstances, has respect to, and flows from, a 
covenant relation to each of the three persons in whose 
one name they are baptized — acceptance by the Father, 
union with Christ as the head of his mystical body, the 
Church, and the communion of the Holy Ghost. To 
these advantages must be added the respect which God 
bears to the believing act of the parents, and to their 
solemn prayers on the occasion, in both of which the 
child is interested, as well as in that solemn engagement 
of the parents, which the rite necessarily implies, to 

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bring up their children in the nurture and admonition 
of the Lord." 

Dr. Schaif remarks: "The ultimate authority for 
infant baptism in the bosom of a regular Christian 
community, and under a sufficient guarantee of pious 
education — for only on these terms do we advocate it — 
lies in the universal import of Christ's person and work, 
which extends as far as humanity itself Christ is not 
only able, but willing, to save mankind of all classes, in 
all circumstances, of both sexes, and at all stages of life, 
and, consequently, to provide for all these the necessary 
means of grace. [Com. Gral. iii, 28.] A Christ able and 
willing to save none but adults would be no such Christ 
as the Gospel presents. In the significant parallel, 
Eom. V, 12, sq., the apostle earnestly presses the point 
that the reign of righteousness and life is, in its Divine 
intent and intrinsic efficacy, fully as comprehensive as 
the reign of sin and death, to which children, among 
the rest, are subject; nay, far more comprehensive and 
availing; and that the blessing and gain by the second 
Adam far outweighs the curse and the loss by the first. 
When the Lord, after solemnly declaring that all power 
is given to him in heaven and earth, commands his 
apostles to make all nations disciples by baptism and 
instruction, there is not the least reason for limiting this 
to those of maturer age. Or, do nations consist only of 
men, and not of youth also, and of children? Accord- 
ing to Psalm cxvii, 1, ^all nations,' and according to 
Psalm cl, 6, 'every thing that hath breath should j)raise 
the Lord;' and that these include babes and sucklings 
is explicitly told us in Psalm viii, 2, and Matt, xxi, 16. 
With this is closely connected the beautiful idea, 
already clearly brought out by Irenseus, the disciple of 
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tradition descending from John's field of labor — the idea 
that Jesus Christ became a child for children, for youth 
a youth, for men a man ; and by thus entering into the 
various conditions and stages of our earthly existence, 
sanctified every period of life, infancy as well as man- 
hood. The Baptist view robs the Savior's infancy of 
its profound and cheering significance.'* . 



I. Baptism a Christian Duty. 

Acts ii, 38. Then Peter said 
unto them, Eepent, and be bap- 
tized every one of you in the 
name of Jesus Christ for the re- 
mission of sins, and ye shaU 
receive the gift of the Holy 
Ghost. 

39. For the promise is unto you, 
and to your children, and to all 
that are afar off, even as many as 
the Lord our God shall call. 

40. And with many other words 
did he testify and exhort, saying. 
Save yourselves from this unto- 
ward generation. 

41. Then they that gladly re- 
ceived his word were baptized: 
and the same day there were 
added unto them about three 
thousand souls. 

Mark i, 4. John did baptize in 
the wilderness, and preach the 
baptism of repentance for the re- 
mission of sins. 

Matt, xxviii, 19. Go ye there- 
fore, and teach all nations, bap- 
tizing them in the name of the 
Father, and of the Son, and of 
the Holy Ghost. 

John hi, 22. After these things 
came Jesus and his disciples into 
the land of Judea; and there he 
tarried with them, and baptized. 

Acts viii, 12. But when they 
believed Philip preaching the 
things concerning the kingdom 
of God, and the name of Jesus 
Christ, they were baptized, both 
men and women. 

Acts viii, 36. And as they went 
on their way, they came unto a 



certain water : and the eunuch 
said, See, here is water; what 
doth hinder me to be baptized ? 

37. And Philip said, If thou be- 
lievest with all thine heart, thou 
mayest. And he answered and 
said, I believe that Jesus Christ 
is the Son of God. 

38. And he commanded the 
chariot to stand still: and they 
went down both into the water, 
both Philip and the eunuch ; and 
he baptized him. 

Acts ix, 17. And Ananias went 



his 



way; 



and entered into the 



house ; and putting his hands on 
him said. Brother Saul, the Lord, 
even Jesus, that appeared unto 
thee in the way as thou camest, 
hath sent me, that thou mightest 
receive thy sight, and be filled 
with the Holy Ghost. 

18. And immediately there fell 
from his eyes as it had been 
scales : and he received sight 
forthwith, and arose, and was 
baptized. 

Acts xvi, 14. And a certain 
woman named Lydia, a seller of 
purple, of the city of Thyatira, 
which worshiped God, heard us : 
whose heart the Lord opened, 
that she attended unto the things 
which were spoken of Paul. 

15. And when she was baptized, 
and her household, she besought 
us, saying. If ye have judged me 
to be faithful to the Lord, come 
into my house, and abide there. 
And she constrained us, 

16. And it came to pass, as 
we went to prayer, a certain 
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divination met us, which brought 
her masters much gain by sooth- 
saying. 

Acts xxii, 16. And now why 
tarriest thou ? arise, and be bap- 
tized, and wash away thy sins, 
calling on the name of the Lord. 

Acts xix, 4. Then said Paul, 
John verily baptized with the 
baptism of repentance, saying 
unto the people, that they should 
believe on him which should 
come after him, that is, on Christ 
Jesus. 

Acts ii, 41. Then they that 
gladly received his Word were 
baptized : and the same day there 
were added unto them about three 
thousand souls. 

2. Design of Baptism. 

Gal. Ill, 27. For as many of 
you as have been baptized unto 
Christ have put on Christ. 

1 Pet. Ill, 20. Which sometime 
were disobedient, when once the 
long-suffering of God waited in 
the days of Noah, while the ark 
was a preparing, wherein few, 
that is, eight souls were saved by 
water. 

21. The like figure whereunto 
even baptism doth also now save 
us, (not the putting away of the 
filth of the flesh, but the answer 
of a good conscience toward God,) 
by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 

EoM. VI, 3. Know ye not, that 
so many of us as were baptized 
into Jesus Christ were baptized 
into his death? 

4. Therefore we are buried with 
him by baptism into death : that 
like as Christ was raised up from 
the dead by the glory of the Fa- 
ther, even so we also should walk 
in newness of life. 

5. For if we have been planted 
together in the likeness of his 
death, we shall be also in the 
likeness of his resurrection. 

Col. II, 12. Buried with him in 
baptism, wherein also ye are risen 
with him through the faith of the 
operation of God, who hath raised 
him from the dead. 



3. Examples of Baptism. 

Acts ii, 38. Then Peter said 
unto them, Eepent, and be bap- 
tized every one of you in the 
name of Jesus Christ for the re- 
mission of sins, and ye shall 
receive the gift of the Holy 
Ghost. 

39. For the promise is unto you, 
and to your children, and to all 
that are afar off, even as many as 
the Lord our God shall call. 

40. And with many other words 
did he testify and exhort, saying. 
Save yourselves from this unto- 
ward generation. 

41. Then they that gladly re- 
ceived his Word were baptized: 
and the same day there were 
added unto them about three 
thousand souls. 

42. And they continued stead- 
fastly in the apostles' doctrine 
and fellowship, and in breaking 
of bread, and in prayers. 

43. And fear came upon every 
soul: and many wonders and 
signs were done by the apostles. 

44. And all that believed were 
together, and had all things com- 
mon ; 

45. And sold their possessions 
and goods, and parted them to all 
men, as every man had need. 

46. And they, continuing daily 
with one accord in the temple, 
and breaking bread from house to 
house, did eat their meat with 
gladness and singleness of heart, 

47. Praising God, and having 
favor with all the people. And 
the Lord added to the Church 
daily such as should be saved. 

Acts viii, 36. And as they went 
on their way, they came unto a 
certain water : and the eunuch 
said. See, here is water; what 
doth hinder me to be baptized ? 

37. And Philip said. If thou 
believest with all thine heart, 
thou mayest. And he answered 
and said, I believe that Jesus 
Christ is the Son of God. 

1 Cor. X, 1. Moreover, brethren, 
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ignorant, how that all our fathers 
were under the cloud, and all 
passed through the sea ; 

2. And were all baptized unto 
Moses in the cloud and in the 
sea. 

Acts x, 46. For they heard 
them speak with tongues, and 
magnify God. Then answered 
Peter, 

47. Can any man forbid water, 
that these should not be baptized, 
which have received the Holy 
Ghost as well as we ? 

48. And he commanded them 
to be baptized in the name of the 
Lord. Then prayed they him to 
tarry certain days. 

Acts xvi, 14. And a certain 
woman named Lydia, a seller of 
purple, of the city of Thyatira, 
which worshiped God, heard us: 
whose heart the Lord opened, 
that she attended unto the things 
which were spoken of PauL 

15. And when she was baptized, 
and her household, she besought 
us, saying. If ye have judged me 
to be faithful to the Lord, come 
into my house, and abide there. 
And she constrained us. 

Acts xvi, 29. Then he called 
for a light, and sprang in, and 
came trembling, and fell down 
before Paul and Silas, 

30. And brought them out, and 
said. Sirs, what must I do to be 
saved? 

31. And they said, Believe on 
the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou 
shalt be saved, and thy house. 

32. And they spake unto him 
the Word of the Lord, and to all 
that were in his house. 

33. And he took them the same 
hour of the night, and washed 
their stripes; and was baptized, 
he and all his, straightway. 

34. And when he had brought 
them into his house, he set meat 
before them, and rejoiced, believ- 
ing in God with all his house. 

Acts xvjii, 8. And Crispus, the 
chief ruler of the synagogue, be- 
lieved on the Lord with all his 
house ; and many of the Corinthi- 



ans hearing believed, and were 
baptized. 

Acts xix, 4. Then said Paul, 
John verily baptized with the 
baptism of repentance, saying 
unto the people, that they should 
believe on him which should come 
after him, that is, on Christ 
Jesus. 

5. When they heard this, they 
were baptized in the name of the 
Lord Jesus. 

Acts xxii, 16. And now why 
tarriest thou ? arise, and be bap- 
tized, and wash away thy sins, 
calling on the name of the Lord. 

John hi, 23. And John also 
was baptizing in Enon near to 
Salim, because there was much 
water there : and they came, and 
were baptized. 

Mark i, 4. John did baptize in 
the wilderness, and preach the 
baptism of repentance for the re- 
mission of sins. 

Matt, hi, 5. Then went out to 
him Jerusalem, and all Judea, 
and all the region round about 
Jordan, 

6. And were baptized of him 
in Jordan, confessing their sins. 

7. But when he saw many of 
the Pharisees and Sadducees come 
to his baptism, he said unto them, 
generation of vipers, who hath 
warned you to flee from the wrath 
to come ? 

8. Bring forth therefore fruits 
meet for repentance. 

Matt, hi, 11. I indeed baptize 
you with water unto repentance : 
but he that cometh after me is 
mightier than I, whose shoes I 
am not worthy to bear : he shall 
baptize you with the Holy Ghost, 
and with fire. 

4. Baptism of Households. 

Acts xvi, 14. And a certain 
woman named Lydia, a seller of 
purple, of the city of Thyatira, 
which worshiped God, heard us : 
whose heart the Lord opened, 
that she attended unto the things 
which were spoken of Paul. 

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and her household, she besought 
us, saying, If ye have judged me 
to be faithful to the Lord, come 
into my house, and abide there. 
And she constrained us. 

Acts XVI, 33. And he took them 
the same hour of the night, and 
washed their stripes ; and was bap- 
tized, he and all his, straightway. 

34. And when he had brought 
them into his house, he set meat 
before them, and rejoiced, believ- 
ing in God with all his house. 

1 CoR. I, 16. And I baptized 
also the household of Stephanas : 
besides, I know not whether I 
baptized any other. 

17. For Christ sent me not to 
baptize, but to preach the Gospel : 
not with wisdom of words, lest 
the cross of Christ should be 
made of none effect. 

1 Cor. VII, 14. For the unbe- 
lieving husband is sanctified by 
the wife, and the unbelieving 
wife is sanctified by the husband: 
else were your children unclean j 
but now are they holy. 

5. The Spiritual Import and 
Scriptural Mode of Bap- 
tism. 

Acts i, 5. For John truly bap- 
tized with water ; but ye shall be 
baptized with the Holy Ghost not 
many days hence. 

Acts ii, 18. And on my serv- 
ants, and on my handmaidens, 
I will pour out in those days 
of my Spirit; and they shall 
prophesy. 

Acts ii, 33. Therefore being by 
the right hand of God exalted, 
and having received of the Fa- 
ther the promise of the Holy 
Ghost, he hath shed forth this, 
which ye now see and hear. 

Acts ii, 15. And as I began to 
speak, the Holy Ghost fell on 
them, as on us at the beginning. 

16. Then remembered I the 
word of the Lord, how that he 
said, John indeed baptized with 
water; but ye shall be baptized 
with the Holy Ghost. 

1 Cor. X, 1. Moreover, breth- 



ren, I would not that ye should 
be ignorant, how that- all our 
fathers were under the cloud, 
and all passed through the sea; 

2. And were all baptized unto 
Moses in the cloud and in the sea. 

1 CoR. XII, 13. For by one Spirit 
are we all baptized into one body, 
whether we be Jews or Gentiles, 
whether we be bond or free ; and 
have been all made to drink into 
one Spirit. 

Titus hi, 6. Not by works of 
righteousness which we have 
done, but according to his mercy 
he saved us, by the washing of 
regeneration, and renewing of 
the Holy Ghost; 

6. Which he shed on us abun- 
dantly through Jesus Christ our 
Savior. 

EzEK. xxxvi, 25. Then will I 
sprinkle clean water upon you, 
and ye shall be clean: from all 
your filthiness, and from all your 
idols, will I cleanse you. 

Isaiah xliv, 3. For I will pour 
water upon him that is thirsty, 
and floods upon the dry ground: 
I will pour my Spirit upon thy 
seed, and my blessing upon thine 
offspring. 

Isaiah lii, 15. So shall he 
sprinkle many nations; the 
kings shall shut their mouths 
at him: for that which had not 
been told them shall they see; 
and that which they had not 
heard shall they consider. 

Mark vii, 2. And when they 
saw some of his disciples eat 
bread with defiled, that is to 
say, with unwashen hands, they 
found fault. 

3. For the Pharisees, and all 
the Jews, except they wash their 
hands oft, eat not, holding the 
tradition of the elders. 

4. And when they come from 
the market, except they wash, 
they eat not. And many other 
things there be, which they have 
received to hold, as the washing 
of cups, and pots, brazen vessels, 
and of tables. 

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in meats and drinks, and divers 
washings, and carnal ordinances, 
imposed on them until the time 
of reformation. 

Heb. IX, 13. For if the blood of 
bulls and of goats, and the ashes 
of a heifer sprinkling the unclean, 
sanctifieth to the purifying of the 
flesh: 

14. How much more shall the 
blood of Christ, who through 
the eternal Spirit offered him- 
self without spot to God, purge 
your conscience from dead works 
to serve the living God? 

Heb. X, 22. Let us draw near 
with a true heart, in full assur- 
ance of faith, having our hearts 
sprinkled from an evil conscience, 



and our bodies washed with pure 
water. 

Heb. XII, 24. And to Jesus the 
mediator of the new covenant, 
and to the blood of sprinkling, 
that speaketh better things than 
that of Abel. 

1 Peter i, 1. Peter, an apostle 
of Jesus Christ, to the strangers 
scattered throughout Pontus, Ga- 
latia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bi- 
thynia, 

2. Elect according to the fore- 
knowledge of God the Father, 
through sanctification of the 
Spirit, unto obedience and sprink- 
ling of the blood of Jesus Christ: 
Grace unto you, and peace, be 
multiplied. 



CHAPTER IV 



THE LORD'S SUPPER 



An ordinance instituted by our Savior in the place 
of the Passover, and immediately after celebrating that 
rite with his disciples for the last time. The Passover 
was an eminent type of our Lord's sacrifice and of its 
benefits, and since he was about to fulfill that symbol- 
ical rite, which from age to age had continued to ex- 
hibit it to the faith and hope of ancient saints, it could 
have no place under the new dispensation. Christ, in 
person, became the true Passover, and a new rite was 
necessary to commemorate the spiritual deliverance of 
men, and to convey and confirm its benefits. The 
circumstances of its institution are explanatory of its 
nature and design. 

On the night when the first-born of Egypt were 
slain the children of Israel were commanded to take a 
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blood upon the posts of the doors, so that the destroy- 
ing angel might 'pass over the houses of all who had 
attended to this injunction. Not only were the first- 
born children thus preserved alive, but the effect was 
the deliverance of the whole nation from bondage in 
Egypt, and their becoming the visible Church and 
people of God by virtue of a special covenant. 

In commemoration of these events the feast of the 
Passover was made annual, and at that time all the 
males of Judea assembled before the Lord in Jerusa- 
lem; a lamb was provided for every house, the blood 
was poured under the altar by tke priests, and the 
lamb was eaten by the people in their tents or houses. 
At this domestic and religious feast every master of a 
family took the cup of thanksgiving, and gave thanks 
with his family to the God of Israel. 

As soon, therefore, as our Lord, acting as the mas- 
ter of the family — the disciples — had finished this, the 
usual Paschal ceremony ^ he proceeded to a new and 
distinct action. ''He took bread, [the bread then on 
the table,] and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave 
unto them, saying. This is my body which is given 
for vou: this do in remembrance of me. Likewise 
also the cup after supper, [the cup with the wine 
which had been used in the Paschal Supper,] saying, 
This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is 
shed for you." Or, as St. Matthew expresses it, "And 
he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, 
saying. Drink ye all of it; for this is my blood of the 
new testament, which is shed for many for the remis- 
sion of sins." "This is my body" — that is, bread rep- 
resents my bod}^, according to the style of the sacred 
writers — thus, Genesis xi, 12, "The three branches are 
three days;" Galatians iv, 24, St. Paul, speaking of 



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Sarah and Hagar, says, "These are the two covenants;" 
thus, in the grand type of our Lord, Exodus xii, 11, 
God says of the Paschal lamb, "It is the Lord's pass- 
over." Thus our Lord, in substituting the holy com- 
munion for the Passover, uses the same expressions 
the Jews were accustomed to use in celebrating the 
Passover. 

Mr. Watson — Institutes, Part lY, volume ii, page 
661 — says : 

"That this was the institution of a standing rite, 
and not a temporary action to be confined to the dis- 
ciples then present with him, is made certain from 
1 Corinthians xi, 23-26: ^Por I have received of the 
Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the 
Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, 
took bread: and when he had given thanks, he brake it, 
and said. Take, eat; this is my body, which is broken 
for you : this do in remembrance of me. After the same 
manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, say- 
ing. This cup is the new testament in my blood: this 
do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. 
For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, 
ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.' From 
these words we learn, 1. That St. Paul had a special 
revelation as to this ordinance, which must have had 
a higher object than the mere commemoration of an 
historical fact, and must be supposed to have been 
made for the purpose of enjoining it upon him to 
establish this rite in the Churches raised up by him, 
and of enabling him rightly to understand its author- 
ity and purport, where he found it already appointed 
by the first founders of the Churches. 2. That the 
command of Christ, 'This do in remembrance of me,' 
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with Christ at the last Passover, is laid by St. Paul 
upon the Corinthians. 3. That he regarded the Lord's 
Supper as a rite to be ^ often' celebrated, and that in 
all future time, until the Lord himself should 'come' 
to judge the world. The perjDetual obligation of this 
ordinance can not, therefore, be reasonably disputed.' 
The bread and wine used in the sacrament are signs 
of the body and blood of Christ, which are not locally 
present, and these signs, being a memorial of the sac- 
rifice once offered on the cross, are intended to pro- 
duce a moral effect; and, to all who by faith remember 
Christ ^n the use of these symbols, is he spiritually 
present. "The cup of blessing which we ^ bless, is it 
not the communion of the blood of Christ? the bread 
which we break, is it not the communion of the body 
of Christ?" 

The blessing pronounced does not change the ele- 
ments used, but to all who join with becoming affection 
in the thanksgiving then uttered in the name of the 
congregation Christ is spiritually present, and to those 
who worthily partake, his body and blood, being spir- 
itually present, convey the same nourishment to their 
souls, the same quickening to their spiritual life, as 
bread and wine do to the natural life. It is very clear 
that the Lord's Supper is a covenant rite, and conse- 
quently a sacrament — ''a visible sign and seal on the 
part of Him who made the covenant, that it was estab- 
lished in and ratified by the sacrificial death of Christ." 



I. Its Institution. 

Matt, xxvi, 26. And as they 
were eating, Jesus took bread, and 
blessed it, and brake it, and gave 
it to the disciples, and said, Take, 
eat; this is my body. 

27. And he took the cup, and 



gave thanks, and gave it to them, 
saying, Drink ye all of it; 

28. For this is my blood oi the 
new testament, which is shed 
for many for the remission of sins. 

29. But I say unto you, I will 
not drink henceforth of this fruit 
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I drink it new with you in my 
Father's kingdom. 

30. And when they had sung a 
hymn, they went out into the 
mount of Olives. 

Mark xiv, 22. And as they did 
eat, Jesus took bread, and bl'^ssed, 
and brake it, and gave to them, 
and said, Take, eatj this is my 
body. 

23. And he took the cup, and 
when he had given thanks, he 
gave it to them: and they all 
drank of it. 

24. And he said unto them. 
This is my blood of the new tes- 
tament, which is shed for many. 

25. Verily I say unto you, I will 
drink no more of the fruit of the 
vine, until that day that I drink 
it new in the kingdom of God. 

Luke xxii, 14. And when the 
hour was come, he sat down, and 
the twelve apostles with him. 

15. And he said unto them, 
"With desire I have desired to eat 
this passover with you before I 
suffer : 

16. For I say unto you, I will 
not any more eat thereof, until it 
be fulfilled in the kingdom of 
God. 

17. And he took the cup, and 
gave thanks, and said, Take this, 
and divide it among yourselves: 

18. For I say unto you, I will 
not drink of the fruit of the vine, 
until the kingdom of God shall 
come. 

19. And he took bread, and 
gave thanks, and brake it, and 
gave unto them, saying. This is 
my body which is given for you : 
this do in remembrance of me. 

20. Likewise also the cup after 
supper, saying. This cup is the 
new testament in my blood, 
which is shed for you. 

1 Cor. XI, 23. For I have re- 
ceived of the Lord that which 
also I delivered unto you. That 
the Lord Jesus, the same night 
in which he was betrayed, took 
bread : 

24. And when he had given 
thanks, he brake it, and said, 



Take, eat; this is my body, which 
is broken for you : this do in re- 
membrance of me. 

25. After the same manner also 
he took the cup, when he had 
supped, saying. This cup is the 
new testament in my blood: this 
do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in re- 
membrance of me. 

26. For as often as ye eat this 
bread, and drink this cup, ye do 
shew the Lord's death till he 
come. 

2. The Obligation upon Chris- 
tians TO Observe it. 

1 Cor. XI, 24. And when he had 
given thanks, he brake it, and 
said. Take, eat ; this is my body, 
which is broken for you : this do 
in remembrance of me. 

25. After the same manner also 
he took the cup, when he had 
supped, saying. This cup is the 
new testament in my blood : this 
do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in re- 
membrance of me. 

26. For as often as ye eat this 
bread, and drink this cup, ye 
do shew the Lord's death till he 
come. 

Matt, xxvt, 27. And he took 
the cup, and gave thanks, and 
gave it to them, saying. Drink ye 
all of it. 

Mark VIII, 38. Whosoever there- 
fore shall be ashamed of me and 
my words, in this adulterous and 
sinful generation, of him also 
shall the Son of man be ashamed, 
when he cometh in the glory of 
his Father with the holy angels. 

Luke xxii, 19. And he took 
bread, and gave thanks, and brake 
it, and gave unto them, saying, 
This is my body which is given 
for you : this do in remembrance 
of me. 

Mark xiv, 23. And he took the 
cup, and when he had given 
thanks, he gave it to them: and 
they all drank of it. 

Matt, x, 32. Whosoever there- 
fore shall confess me before men, 
him will I confess also before my 
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33. But whosoever shall deny 
me before men, him will I also 
deny before my Father which is 
in heaven. 

Matt, v, 14. Ye are the light 
of the world. A city that is set 
on a hill can not be hid. 

15. Neither do men light a can- 
dle, and put it under a bushel, 
but on a candlestick ; and it giv- 
eth light unto all that are in the 
house. 

Isaiah xliv, 5. One shall say, I 
am the Lord's ; and another shall 
call himself by the name of Ja- 
cob ; and another shall subscribe 
with his hand unto the Lord, and 
surname himself by the name of 
Israel. 

Deut. XXVI, 17. Thou hast 
avouched the Lord this day to be 
thy God, and to walk in his ways, 
and to keep his statutes, and his 
commandments, and his judg- 
ments, and to hearken unto his 
voice : 

18. And the Lord hath avouched 
thee this day to be his peculiar 
people, as he hath promised thee, 
and that thou shouldest keep all 
his commandments. 

3. The Elements to be Used. 

1 Cor. X, 16. The cup of bless- 
ing which we bless, is it not the 



communion of the blood of Christ? 
The bread which we break, is it 
not the communion of the body 
of Christ? 

17. For we being many are 
one bread, and one body: for 
we are all partakers of that one 
bread. 

Luke xxii, 19. And he took 
bread, and gave thanks, and 
brake it, and gave unto them, 
saying, This is my body which is 
given for you : this do in remem- 
brance of me. 

20. Likewise also the cup after 
supper, saying, This cup is the 
new testament in my blood, 
which is shed for you. 

Matt, xxvi, 26. And as they 
were eating, Jesus took bread, and 
blessed it, and brake it, and gave 
it to the disciples, and said. Take, 
eat ; this is my body. 

27. And he took "the cup, and 
gave thanks, and gave it to them, 
saying, Drink ye all of it; 

28. For this is my blood of the 
new testament, which is shed 
for many for the remission of 
sins. 

29. But I say unto you, I will 
not drink henceforth of this fruit 
of the vine, until that day when 
I drink it new with you in my 
Father's kingdom. 



BOOK YI. 



CHRISTIAN DUTIES AND PRIVILEGES. 



CHRISTIAN DUTIES AND PRIVILEGES. 



CHAPTER I 



PRAYER. 



I. Prayer a Duty. 

Mark xi, 25. And when ye 
stand praying, forgive, if ye have 
aught against any : that your Fa- 
ther also which is in heaven may 
forgive you your trespasses. 

26. But if ye do not forgive, 
neither will your Father which 
is in heaven forgive your tres- 



Matt. V, 44. But I say unto 
you, Love your enemies, bless 
them that curse you, do good to 
them that hate you, and pray for 
them whiich despitefuUy use you, 
and pe'rsecute you. 

Matt, xxvi, 41. Watch and 
pray, that ye enter not into 
temptation : the spirit indeed is 
willing, but the flesh is weak. 

Luke xviii, 1. And he spake a 
parable unto them to this end, 
that men ought always to pray, 
and not to faint. 

Eph. VI, 18. Praying always 
with all prayer and supplication 
in the Spirit, and watching there- 
unto with all perseverance and 
supplication for all saints. 

CoL. IV, 2. Continue in prayer, 
and watch in the same with 
thanksgiving. 

Phil, iv, 4. I thank my God, 
making mention of thee always 
in my prayers, 



5. Hearing of thy love and 
faith, which thou hast toward the 
Lord Jesus, and toward all saints ; 

6. That the communication of 
thy faith may become elFectual by 
the acknowledging of every good 
thing which is in you in Christ 
Jesus. 

1 Thess. V, 17. Pray without 
ceasing. 

1 Tim. ii, 1. Thou therefore, my 
son, be strong in the grace that is 
in Christ Jesus. 

2. And the things that thou 
hast heard of me among many 
witnesses, the same commit thou 
to faithful men, who shall be able 
to teach others also. 

3. Thou therefore endure hard- 
ness, as a good soldier of Jesus 
Christ. 

James iv, 3. Ye ask, and receive 
not, because ye ask amiss, that ye 
may consume it upon your lusts. 

1 Tim. II, 8. I will therefore 
that men pray every-where, lift- 
ing up holy hands, without wrath 
and doubting. 

Heb. IV, 15. For we have not a 
high priest which can not be 
touched with the feeling of our 
infirmities : but was in all points 
tempted like as we are, yet with- 
out sin. 

16. Let us therefore come boldly 
unto the throne of grace, that we 

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may obtain mercy, and find grace 
to help in time of need. 

James i, 5. If any of you lack 
wisdom, let him ask of God, that 
giveth to all men liberally, and 
upbraideth not; and it shall be 
given him. 

6. But let him ask in faith, 
nothing wavering. For he that 
wavereth is like a wave of the sea 
driven with the wind and tossed. 

7. For let not that man think 
that he shall receive any thing of 
the Lord. 

2. Vocal and Audible. 

Dan. IX, 19. Lord, hear; 
Lord, forgive; Lord, hearken 
and do ; defer not, for thine own 
sake, my God : for thy city and 
thy people are called by thy 
name. 

20. And while I was speaking, 
and praying, and confessing my 
sin and the sin of my people Is- 
rael, and presenting my suppli- 
cation before the Lord my God for 
the holy mountain of my God : 

21. Yea, while I was speaking 
in prayer, even the man Gabriel, 
whom I had seen in the vision at 
the beginning, being caused to fly 
swiftly, touched me about the 
time of the evening oblation. 

22. And he informed me, and 
talked with me, and said, Dan- 
iel, I am now come forth to give 
thee skill and understanding. 

23. At the beginning of thy 
supplications the commandment 
came forth, and I am come to 
shew thee ; for thou art greatly 
beloved : therefore understand the 
matter, and consider the vision. 

Psalm lv, 16. As for me, I will 
call upon God; and the Lord 
shall save me. 

17. Evening, and morning, and 
at noon, will I pray, and cry 
aloud: and he shall hear my 
voice. 

Psalm lxxxvi, 3. Be merciful 
unto me, Lord: for I cry unto- 
thee daily. 

1 Kings viii, 22. And Solomon 
stood before the altar of the Lord 



in the presence of all the congre- 
gation of Israel, and spread forth 
his hands toward heaven : 

23. And he said, Lord God of 
Israel, there is no God like thee, 
in heaven above, or on earth be- 
neath, who keepest covenant and 
mercy with thy servants that 
walk before thee with all their 
heart. 

1 Kings viii, 28. Yet have thou 
respect unto the prayer of thy 
servant, and to his supplication, 
Lord my God, to hearken unto 
the cry and to the prayer, which 
thy servant prayeth before thee 
to-day : 

29. That thine eyes may be 
open toward this house night and 
day, even toward the place of 
which thou hast said. My name 
shall be there : that thou mayest 
hearken unto the prayer which 
thy servant shall make toward 
this place. 

30. And hearken thou to the 
supplication of thy servant, and 
of thy people Israel, when they 
shall pray toward this place: 
and hear thou in heaven thy 
dwelling-place : and when thou 
hearest, forgive. 

Acts i, 23. And they appointed 
two, Joseph called Barsabas, who 
was surnamed Justus, and Mat- 
thias. 

24. And they prayed, and said, 
►Thou, Lord, which knowest the 
hearts of all men, shew whether 
of these two thou hast chosen. 

Acts vii, 59. And they stoned 
Stephen, calling upon God, and 
saying. Lord Jesus, receive my 
spirit. 

60. And he kneeled down, and 
cried with a loud voice. Lord, lay 
not this sin to their charge. And 
when he had said this, he fell 
asleep. 

Acts xx, 36. And when he had 
thus spoken, he kneeled down, 
and prayed with them all. 

37. And they all wept sore, and 
fell on Paul's neck, and kissed 
him. 

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call a solemn assembly, gather 
the elders and all the inhabitants 
of the land into the house of the 
Lord your God, and cry unto the 
Lord. 

Matt, xxvi, 39. And he went a 
little further, and fell on his face, 
and prayed, saying, my Father, 
if it be possible, let this cup pass 
from me : nevertheless, not as I 
will, but as thou wilt. 

3. With Faith and in Submis- 
sion TO THE Will of God. 

James i, 5. If any of you lack 
wisdom, let him ask of God, that 
giveth to all men liberally, and 
upbraideth not; and it shall be 
given him. 

6. But let him ask in faith, 
nothing wavering: for he that 
wavereth is like a wave of the 
sea driven with the wind and 
tossed. 

7. For let not that man think 
that be shall receive any thing of 
the Lord. 

Heb. X, 22. Let us draw near 
wiih a true heart in full assur- 
ance of faith, having our hearts 
sprinkled from an evil conscience, 
and our bodies washed with pure 
water. 

Heb. XI, 6. But without faith it 
is impossible to please him: for 
he that cometh to God must be- 
lieve that he is, and that he is a 
rewarder of them that diligently 
seek him. 

Psalm xl, 1. I waited patiently 
for the Lord; and he inclined 
unto me, and heard my cry. 

Lam. Ill, 26. It is good that a 
man should both hope and quietly 
wait, for the salvation of the 
Lord. 

Matt, vi, 9. After this manner 
therefore pray ye : Our Father 
which art in heaven, hallowed be 
thy name. 

10. Thy kingdom come. Thy 
will be done in earth, as it is in 
heaven. 

Lev. xxvi, 40. If they shall 
confess their iniquity, and the in- 
iquity of their fathers, with their 



trespass which they trespassed 
against me, and that also they 
have walked contrary unto me ; 

41. And that I also have walked 
contrary unto them, and have 
brought them into the land of 
their enemies; if then their un- 
circumcised hearts be humbled, 
and they then accept of the pun- 
ishment of their iniquity : 

42. Then will I remember my 
covenant with Jacob, and also my 
covenant with Isaac, and also 
my covenant with Abraham will 
I remember ; and I will remem- 
ber the land. 

2 Chron. VII, 14. If my people, 
which are called by my name, 
shall humble themselves, and 
pray, and seek my face, and turn 
from their wicked ways; then 
will I hear from heaven, and will 
forgive their sin, and will heal 
their land. 

2 Chron. xxxiii, 12. And when 
he was in affliction, he besought 
the Lord his God, and humbled 
himself greatly before the God of 
his fathers, 

13. And prayed unto him : and 
he was entreated of him, and heard 
his supplica-tion, and brought him 
again to Jerusalem into his king- 
dom. Then Manasseh knew that 
the Lord he was God. 

Luke xv, 18. I will arise and 
go to my father, and will say unto 
him, Father, I have sinned against 
heaven, and before thee, 

19. And am no more worthy to 
be called thy son : make me as 
one of thy hired servants. 

Luke xviii, 13. And the publi- 
can, standing afar off, would not 
lift up so much as his eyes unto 
heaven, but smote upon his breast, 
saying, God be merciful to me a 
sinner ! 

14. I tell you, this man went 
down to his house justified rather 
than the other: for every one 
that exalteth himself shall be 
abased ; and he that humbleth 
himself shall be exoited. 

1 Kings xviii, 36. And it came 
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of the evening sacrifice, that 
Elijah the prophet came near, 
and said, Lord God of Abraham, 
Isaac, and of Israel, let it be 
known this day that thou art God 
in Israel, and that I am thy serv- 
ant, and that I have done all 
these things at thy word. 

37. Hear me, Lord, hear me, 
that this people may know that 
thou art the Lord God, and that 
thou hast turned their heart back 
again. 

Dan. IX, 17. ISTow therefore, 
our God, hear the prayer of thy 
servant, and his supplications, 
and cause thy face to shine upon 
thy sanctuary that is desolate, for 
the Lord's sake. 

18. my God, incline thine ear, 
and hear ; open thine eyes, and 
behold our desolations, and the 
city which is called by thy name : 
for we do not present our suppli- 
cations before thee for our right- 
eousnesses, but for thy great 
mercies. 

19. Lord, hear; Lord, for- 
give; Lord, hearken and do; 
defer not, for thine own sake, 
my God : for thy city and thy 
people are called by thy name. 

Psalm lxxix, 9. Help us, God 
of our salvation, for the glory of 
thy name: and deliver us, and 
purge away our sins, for thy 
name's sake. 

James v, 15. And the prayer of 
faith shall save the sick, and the 
Lord shall raise him up; and if 
he have committed sins, they 
shall be forgiven him. 

16. Confess your faults one to 
another, and pray one for another, 
that ye may be healed. The ef- 
fectual fervent prayer of a right- 
eous man availeth much. 

17. Elias was a man subject to 
like passions as we are, and he 
prayed earnestly that it might 
not rain : and it rained not on the 
earth by the space of three years 
and six months. 

18. And he prayed again, and 
the heaven gave rain, and the 
earth brought forth her fruit. 



4. With the Spirit of Forgive- 

ness. 

Matt, vi, 12. And forgive us 
our debts, as we forgive our 
debtors. 

Mark xi, 25. And when ye 
stand praying, forgive, if ye have 
aught against any ; that your Fa- 
ther also which is in heaven may 
forgive you your trespasses. 

26. But if ye do not forgive, 
neither will your Father which 
is in heaven forgive your tres- 
passes. 

Acts vii, 59. And they stoned 
Stephen, calling upon God, and 
saying, Lord Jesus, receive my 
spirit. 

60. And he kneeled down, and 
cried with a loud voice. Lord, lay 
not this sin to their charge. And 
when he had said this, he fell 
asleep. 

5. Prayer Should be Importu- 

nate. 

Luke vi, 12. And it came to 
pass in those days, that he went 
out into a mountain to pray, and 
continued all night in prayer to 
God. 

Luke xi, 5. And he said unto 
them, "Which of you shall have a 
friend, and shall go unto him at 
midnight, and say unto him, 
Friend, lend me three loaves; 

6. For a friend of mine in his 
journey is come to me, and I have 
nothing to set before him? 

7. And he from within shall 
answer and say. Trouble me not; 
the door is now shut, and my 
children are with me in bed; I 
can not rise and give thee. 

8. I say unto you. Though he 
will not rise and give him, be- 
cause he is his friend, yet be- 
cause of his importunity he will 
rise and give him as many as he 
needeth. 

Luke xviii, 1. And he spake a 
parable unto them to this end, 
that men ought always to pray, 
and not to faint; 

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a judge, which feared not God, 
neither regarded man: 

3. And there was a widow in 
that city; and she came unto 
him, saying, Avenge me of mine 
adversary. 

4. And he would not for a while : 
but afterward he said within him- 
self, Though I fear not God, nor 
regard man; 

5. Yet because this widow troub- 
leth me, I will avenge her, lest by 
her continual coming she weary 
me. 

6. And the Lord said, Hear 
what the unjust judge saith. 

7. And shall not God avenge 
his own elect, which cry day and 
night unto him, though he bear 
long with them? 

8. I tell you that he will 
avenge them speedily. N'ever- 
theless, when the Son of man 
Cometh, shall he find faith on 
the earth? 

Gen. XXXII, 24. And Jacob was 
left alone; and there wrestled a 
man with him until the breaking 
of the day. 

25. And when he saw that he 
prevailed not against him, he 
touched the hollow of his thigh: 
and the hollow of Jacob's thigh 
was out of joint, as he wrestled 
with him. 

26. And he said, Let me go, for 
the day breaketh. And he said, 
I will not let thee go, except thou 
bless me. 

Isaiah Lxii, 6. I have set watch- 
men upon thy walls, Jerusalem, 
which shall never hold their peace 
day nor night : ye that make men- 
tion of the Lord, keep not silence; 

7. And give him no rest, till he 
establish, and till he make Jeru- 
salem a praise in the earth. 

EoM. xii, 12. Rejoicing in hope; 
patient in tribulation; continuing 
instant in prayer. 

Eph. VI, 18. Praying always 
with all prayer and supplication 
in the Spirit, and watching there- 
unto with all perseverance and 
supplication for all saints. 

1 Thess. Ill, 10. Night and 



day praying exceedingly that we 
might see your face, and might 
perfect that which is lacking in 
your faith. 

CoL. IV, 2. Continue in prayer, 
and watch in the same with 
thanksgiving. 

1 Thess. v, 17. Pray without 
ceasing. 

Jer. XXIX, 13. And ye shall 
seek me, and find me, when ye 
shall search for me with all your 
heart. 

Deut. IV, 29. But if from thence 
thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, 
thou shalt find him, if thou seek 
him with all thy heart, and with 
all thy soul. 

30. When thou art in tribula- 
tion, and all these things are 
come upon thee, even in the lat- 
ter days, if thou turn to the Lord 
thy God, and shalt be obedient 
unto his voice; 

31. (For the Lord thy God is a 
merciful God;) he will not for- 
sake thee, neither destroy thee, 
nor forget the covenant of thy fa- 
thers which he sware unto them. 

6. Prayer should be in the 
Name of Christ. 

Col. Ill, 17. And whatsoever 
ye do in word or deed, do all in 
the name of the Lord Jesus, giv- 
ing thanks to God and the Father 
by him. 

John xvi, 23. And in that day 
ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, 
verily, I say unto you, what- 
soever ye shall ask the Father 
in my name, he will give it you. 

24. Hitherto have ye asked 
nothing in my name: ask, and 
ye shall receive, that your joy 
may be full. 

John xvi, 26. At that day ye 
shall ask in my name: and I say 
not unto you, that I will pray the 
Father for you : 

27. For the Father himself lov- 
eth you, because ye have loved 
me, and have believed that I came 
out from God. 

John xiv, 6. Jesus saith unto 
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truth, and the life: no man com- 
eth unto the Father, but by me. 

7. The Posture of the Body 
IN Prayer. 

Acts xx, 36. And when he had 
thus spoken, he kneeled down, 
and prayed with them all. 

Luke xxii, 41. And he was 
withdrawn from them about a 
stone's cast, and kneeled down, 
and prayed. 

42. Saying, Father, if thou be 
willing, remove this cup from 
me: nevertheless, not my will, 
but thine, be done. 

Ex. IX, 29. And Moses said 
unto him. As soon as I am gone 
out of the city, I will spread 
abroad my hand unto the Lord ; 
and the thunder shall cease, nei- 
ther shall there be any more hail; 
that thou mnyest know how that 
the earth is the Lord's. 

1 Kings viii, 22. And Solomon 
stood before the altar of the Lord 
in the presence of all the congre- 
gation of Israel, and spread forth 
his hands toward heaven. 

2 Chron. VI, 13. (For Solomon 
liad made a brazen scaffold, of 
five cubits long, and five cubits 
broad, and three cubits high, 
and had set it in the midst of 
the court: and upon it he stood, 
and kneeled down upon his knees 
before all the congregation of Is- 
rael, and spread forth his hands 
toward heaven.) 

Dan. VI, 10. Now when Dan- 
iel knew that the writing was 
signed, he went into his house; 
and his windows being open in 
his chamber toward Jerusalem, 
he kneeled upon his knees three 
times a day, and prayed, and 
gave thanks before his God, as 
he did aforetime. 

Acts vii, 60. And he kneeled 
down, and cried with a loud 
voice. Lord, lay not this sin to 
their charge. And when he had 
said this, he fell asleep. 

Acts IX, 40. But Peter put them 
all forth, and kneeled down, and 
prayed; and turning him to the 



body, said, Tabitha, arise. And 
she 0})ened her eyes: and when 
she saw Peter, she sat up. 

Acts xxi, 5. And when we had 
accomplished those days, we de- 
parted, and went our way; and 
they all brought us on our way, 
with wives and children, till we 
were out of the city: and we 
kneeled down on the shore, and 
prayed. 

I Kings viii, 54. And it was 
so, that when Solomon had made 
an end of praying all this prayer 
and supplication unto the Lord, 
he arose from before the altar of 
the Lord, from kneeling on his 
knees with his hands spread up 
to heaven. 

Matt, xvii, 14. And when they 
were come to the multitude, there 
came to him a certain man, kneel- 
ing down to him, and saying. 

Mark x, 17. And when he was 
gone forth into the way, there 
came one running, and kneeled 
to him, and asked him. Good 
Master, what shall I do that I 
may inherit eternal life? 

Mark i, 40. And there came a 
leper to him, beseeching him, 
and kneeling down to him, and 
saying unto him. If thou wilt, 
thou canst make me clean. 

Psalm xcv, 6. come, let us 
worship and bow down : let us 
kneel before the Lord our Maker. 

8. Secret Prayer. 

Matt, vi, 6. But thou, when 
thou prayest, enter into thy 
closet, and when thou hast shut 
thy door, pray to thy Father 
which is in secret; and thy Fa- 
ther which seeth in secret shall 
reward thee openly. 

Matt, xiv, 23. And when he 
had sent the multitudes away, he 
went up into a mountain apart to 
pray; and when the evening was 
come, he was there alone. 

Mark i, 35. And in the morn- 
ing, rising up a great while before 
day, he went out, and departed 
into a solitary place, and there 
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Luke v, 16. And lie withdrew 
himself into the wilderness, and 
prayed. 

Psalm cxix, 62. At midnight 
I will rise to give thanks unto 
thee, because of thy righteous 
judgments. 

Eph. yi, 18. Praying always 
with all prayer and supplication 
in the Spirit, and watching there- 
unto with all perseverance and 
supplication for all saints. 

9. Public or Social Prayer. 

Acts i, 24. And they prayed, 
and said, Thou, Lord, which 
knowest the hearts of all men, 
shew whether of these two thou 
hast chosen. 

Acts xx, 36. And when he had 
thus spoken, he kneeled down, 
and prayed with them all. 

37. And they all wept sore, 
and fell on Paul's neck, and 
kissed him. 

Joel it, 32. And it shall come 
to pass, that whosoever shall call 
on the name of the Lord shall be 
delivered : for in mount Zion and 
in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, 
as the Lord hath said, and in the 
remnant whom the Lord shall 
call. 

Luke xviii, 7. And shall not 
God avenge his own elect, which 
cry day and night unto him, 
though he bear long with them ? 

8. I tell you that he will 
avenge them speedily. iN'ever- 
theless, when the Son of man 
cometh, shall he find faith on the 
earth? 

Luke xii, 5. But I will forewarn 
you whom ye shall fear : Fear 
him, which after he hath killed 
hath power to cast into hell ; yea, 
I say unto you, Fear him. 

James iv, 3. Ye ask, and receive 
not, because ye ask amiss, that ye 
may consume it upon your lusts. 

James iv, 8. Draw nigh to God, 
and he will draw nigh to you. 
Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; 
and purify your hearts, ye double- 
minded. 

1 Pkt. Ill, 12. For the eyes of 



the Lord are over the righteous, 
and his ears are open unto their 
prayers : but the face of the Lord 
is against them that do evil. 

James v, 16. Confess your faults 
one to another, and pray one for 
another, that ye may be healed. 
The effectual fervent prayer of a 
righteous man availeth much. 

17. Elias was a man subject to 
like passions as we are, and he 
prayed earnestly that it might 
not rain : and it rained not on the 
earth by the space of three years 
and six months. 

18. And he prayed again, and 
the heaven gave rain, and the 
earth brought forth her fruit. 

Matt, xviii, 19. Again I say 
unto you. That if two of you shall 
agree on earth as touching any 
thing that they shall ask, it shall 
be done for them of my Father 
which is in heaven. 

20. For where two or three are 
gathered together in my name, 
there am I in the midst of them. 

Acts xii, 12. And when he had 
considered the thing, he came to 
the house of Mary the mother of 
John, whose surname was Mark j 
where many were gathered to- 
gether praying. 

Zech. VII, 2. When they had 
sent unto the house of God Shere- 
zer and Eegemmelech, and their 
men, to pray before the Lord, 

3. And to speak unto the priests 
which were in the house of the 
Lord of hosts, and to the proph- 
ets, saying. Should I weep in the 
fifth month, separating myself, 
as I have done these so many 
years? 

1 Cor. XIV, 14. For if I pray in 
an unknown tongue, my spirit 
prayeth, but my understanding is 
unfruitful. 

15. What is it then? I will 
pray with the spirit, and I will 
pray with the understanding also : 
I will sing with the spirit, and I 
will sing with the understanding 
also. 

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occupieth the room of the un- 
learned say Amen at thy giving 
of thanks, seeing he understand- 
eth not what thou sayest? 

17. For thou verily givest 
thanks well, but the other is not 
edified. 

18. I thank my God, I speak 
with tongues more than ye all : 

19. Yet in the Church I had 
rather speak five words with my 
understanding, that by my voice 
I might teach others also, than 
ten thousand words in an un- 
known tongue. 

James v, 14. As obedient chil- 
dren, not fashioning yourselves 
according to the former lusts in 
your ignorance : 

15. But as he which hath called 
you is holy, so be ye holy in all 
manner of conversation : 

16. Because it is written, Be ye 
holy ; for I am holy. 

Acts xvi, 13. And on the Sab- 
bath we went out of the city by a 
river side, where prayer was wont 
to be made; and we sat down, 
and spake unto the women which 
resorted thither. 

Acts xvi, 16. And it came to 
pass, as we went to prayer, a cer- 
tain damsel possessed with a 
spirit of divination met us, which 
brought her masters much gain 
by soothsaying. 

Acts i, 12. Then returned they 
unto Jerusalem from the mount 
called Olivet, which is from Jeru- 
salem a Sabbath day's journey. 

13. And when they were come 
in, they went up into an upper 
room, where abode both Peter, 
and James, and John, and An- 
drew, Philip, and Thomas, Bar- 
tholomew, and Matthew, James 
the son of Alpheus, and Simon 
Zelotes, and Judas the brother of 
James. 

14. These all continued with 
one accord in prayer and suppli- 
cation, with the women, and Mary 
the mother of Jesus, and with his 
brethren. 

Acts ii, 41. Then they that 
gladly received his Word were 



baptized : and the same day there 
were added unto them about three 
thousand souls. 

42. And they continued stead- 
fastly in the apostles' doctrine 
and fellowship, and in breaking 
of bread, and in prayers. 

10. Prayer for Temporal Bless- 
ings. 

Ex. IX, 29. And Moses said unto 
him, As soon as I am gone out of 
the city, I will spread abroad my 
hands unto the Lord; and the 
thunder shall cease, neither shall 
there be any more hail ; that thou 
may est know how that the earth 
is the Lord's. 

Lev. XXVI, 40. If they shall 
confess their iniquity, and the in- 
iquity of their fathers, with their 
trespass which they trespassed 
against me, and that also they 
have walked contrary unto me ; 

41. And that I also have walked 
contrary unto them, and have 
brought them into the land of 
their enemies; if then their un- 
circumcised hearts be humbled,, 
and they then accept of the pun- 
ishment of their iniquity : 

42. Then will I remember my 
covenant with Jacob, and also 
my covenant with Isaac, and also 
my covenant with Abraham will 
I remember ; and I will remem- 
ber the land. 

1 Sam. I, 27. For this child I 
prayed ; and the Lord hath given 
me my petition which I asked of 
him. 

1 Sam. XII, 18. So Samuel called 
unto the Lord ; and the Lord sent 
thunder and rain that day: and 
all the people greatly feared the 
Lord and Samuel. 

1 Kings xvii, 22. And the Lord 
heard the voice of Elijah : and 
the soul of the child came into 
him again, and he revived. 

1 Kings xviii, 37. Hear me, 
Lord, hear me, that this people 
may know that thou art the Lord 
God, and that thoa hast turned 
their heart back again. 

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fell, and consumed the burnt sac- 
rifice, and the wood, and the 
stones, and the dust, and licked 
up the water that was in the 
trench. 

2 Kings vi, 18. And when they 
came down to him, Elisha prayed 
unto the Lord, and said. Smite 
this people, I pray thee, with 
blindness. And he smote them 
with blindness according to the 
word of Elisha. 

2 Kings xix, 20. Then Isaiah 
the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, 
saying. Thus saith the Lord God 
of Israel, That which thou hast 
prayed to me against Sennache- 
rib king of Assyria I have 
heard. 

2 Kings xx, 5. Turn again, and 
tell Hezekiah the captain of my 
people, Thus saith the Lord, the 
God of David thy father, I have 
heard thy prayer, I have seen thy 
tears: behold, I will heal thee: 
on the third day thou shalt go up 
unto the house of the Lord. 

6. And I will add unto thy days 
fifteen years ,• and I will deliver 
thee and this city out of the hand 
of the king of Assyria; and I will 
defend this city for mine own 
sake, and for my servant David's 
sake. 

Zech. X, 1. Ask ye of the Lord 
rain in the time of the latter 
rain j so the Lord shall make 
bright clouds, and give them 
showers of rain, to every one 
grass in the field. 

II. Examples of Answers to 
Prayers. 

2 Kings xx, 5. Turn again, and 
tell Hezekiah the captain of my 
people, Thus saith the Lord, the 
God of David thy father, I have 
heard thy prayer, I have seen thy 
tears; behold, I will heal thee: 
on the third day thou shalt go up 
into the house of the Lord. 

6. And I will add unto thy days 
fifteen years; and I will deliver 
thee and this city out of the hand 
of the king of Assyria; and I will 
defend this city for mine own 



sake, and for my servant David's 
sake. 

2 Kings xx, 11. And Isaiah the 
prophet cried unto the Lord : and 
he brought the shadow ten de- 
grees backward, by which it had 
gone down in the dial of Ahaz. 

2 Kings vi, 18. And when they 
came down to him, Elisha prayed 
unto the Lord, and said, Smite 
this people, I pray thee, with 
blindness. And he smote them 
with blindness according to the 
word of Elisha. 

Acts xii, 5. Peter therefore was 
kept in prison: but prayer was 
made without ceasing of the 
Church unto God for him. 

Acts xii, 7. And, behold, the 
angel of the Lord came upon him, 
and a light shined in the prison; 
and he smote Peter on the side, 
and raised him up, saying, Arise 
up quickly. And his "^chains fell 
otf from his hands. 

James v, 17. Elias was a man 
subject to like passions as we are, 
and he prayed earnestly that it 
might not rain : and it rained not 
on the earth by the space of three 
years and six mouths. 

18. And he prayed again, and 
the heaven gave rain, and the 
earth brought forth her fruit. 

1 Kings xviii, 37. Hear me, 
Lord, hear me, that this people 
may know that thou art the Lord 
God, and that thou hast turned 
their heart back again. 

38. Then the fire of the Lord 
fell, and consumed the burnt sac- 
rifice, and the wood, and the 
stones, and the dust, and licked up 
the water that was in the trench. 

Ex. XXXII, 11. And Moses be- 
sought the Lord his God, and 
said, Lord, why doth thy wrath 
wax hot against thy people, which 
thou hast brought forth out of 
the land of Egypt with great 
power, and with a mighty hand? 

12. Wherefore should the Egyp- 
tians speak, and say. For mis- 
chief did he bring them out, to 
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the earth? Turn from thy fierce 
wrath, and repent of this evil 
against thy people. 

13. Remember Abraham, Isaac, 
and Israel, thy servants, to whom 
thou swarest by thine own self, 
and saidst unto them, I will mul- 
tiply your seed as the stars of 
heaven, and all this land that I 
have spoken of will I give unto 
your seed, and they shall inherit 
it forever. 

14. And the Lord repented of 
the evil which he thought to do 
unto his people. 

Gex\. XVIII, 23. And Abraham 
drew near, and said, Wilt thou 
also destroy the righteous with 
the wicked ? 

24. Peradventure there be fifty 
righteous within the city: wilt 
thou also destroy and not spare 
the place for the fifty righteous 
that are therein? 

25. That be far from thee to do 
after this manner, to slay the 
righteous with the wicked ; and 
that the righteous should be as 
the wicked, that be far from thee : 
Shall not the Judge of all the 
earth do right? 

26. And the Lord said. If I find 
in Sodom fifty righteous within 
the city, then I will spare all the 
place for their sakes. 

27. And Abraham answered and 
said, Behold now, I have taken 
upon me to speak unto the Lord, 
which am but dust and ashes ; 

28. Peradventure there shall 
lack five of the fifty righteous : 
wilt thou destroy all the city for 
lack of five? And he said. If I 
find there forty and five, I will 
not destroy it. 

29. And he spake unto him yet 
again, and said, Peradventure 
there shall be forty found there. 
And he said, I will not do it for 
forty's sake. 

30. And he said unto him, let 
not the Lord be angry, and I will 
speak : Peradventure there shall 
thirty be found there. And he 
Baid, I will not do it, if I find 
thirty there. 



31. And he said. Behold now, I 
have taken upon myself to speak 
unto the Lord: Peradventure 
there shall be twenty found there. 
And he said, I will not destroy it 
for twenty's sake. 

32. And he said, let not the 
Lord be angry, and I will speak 
yet but this once: Peradventure 
ten shall be found there. And he 
said, I will not destroy it for ten's 
sake. 

Psalm xviii, 6. In my distress 
I called upon the Lord, and cried 
unto my God : he heard my voice 
out of his temple, and my cry 
came before him, even into his 
ears. 

Psalm xxxiv, 4. I sought the 
Lord, and he heard me, and de- 
livered me from all my fears. 

5. They looked unto him, and 
were lightened : and their faces 
were not ashamed. 

6. This poor man cried, and the 
Lord heard him, and saved him 
out of all his troubles. 

Psalm lxv, 2. thou that hear- 
est prayer, unto thee shall all 
flesh come. 

Psalm cxviii, 5. I called upon 
the Lord in distress : the Lord 
answered me, and set me in a 
large place. 

Jer. xxxiii, 3. Call unto me, 
and I will answer thee, and shew 
thee great and mighty things, 
which thou knowest not. 

Dan. IX, 21. Yea, while I was 
speaking in prayer, even the man 
Gabriel, whom I had seen in the 
vision at the beginning, being 
caused to fly swiftly, touched me 
about the time of the evening 
oblation. 

Dan. X, 12. Then said he unto 
me. Fear not, Daniel: for from 
the first day that thou didst set 
thine heart to understand, and to 
chasten thyself before thy God, 
thy words were heard, and I am 
come for thy words. 

Psalm cxlv, 18. The Lord is 
nigh unto all them that call upon 
him, to all that call upon him in 
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19. He will fulfill the desire of 
them that fear him : he also will 



hear their 
them. 



cry, 



and will save 



1 Sam. I, 27. For this child I 
prayed ; and the Lord hath given 
me my petition which I asked of 
him. 



CHAPTER II 



PRAISE TO GOD. 



I. Praise is a Christian Duty. 

Psalm xlvii, 6. Sing praises to 
God, sing praises : sing praises 
unto our King, sing praises. 

7. For God is the King of all 
the earth : sing ye praises with 
understanding. 

Psalm xcv, 1. come, let us 
sing unto the Lord: let us make 
a joyful noise to the Eock of our 
salvation. 

2. Let us come before his pres- 
ence with thanksgiving, and make 
a joyful noise unto him with 
psalms. 

3. For the Lord is a great God, 
and a great King above all gods. 

Psalm ix, 11. Sing praises to 
the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion : 
declare among the people his 
doings. 

Psalm xxii, 22. I will declare 
thy name unto my brethren: in 
the midst of the congregation 
will I praise thee. 

Psalm xxxv, 18. I will give thee 
thanks in the great congregation : 
I will praise thee among much 
people. 

Psalm c, 1. Make a joyful noise 
unto the Lord, all ye lands. 

Psalm c, 4. Enter into his gates 
with thanksgiving, and into his 
courts with praise: be thankful 
unto him, and bless his name. 

5. For the Lord is good; his 
mercy is everlasting, and his 
truth endureth to all generations. 

Psalm cvii, 31. that men 
would praise the Lord for his 



goodness, and for his wonderful 
works to the children of men I 

32. Let them exalt him also in 
the congregation of the people, 
and praise him in the assembly of 
the elders. 

Psalm cl, 1. Praise ye the Lord. 
Praise God in his sanctuary: 
praise him in the firmament of 
his power. 

2. Praise him for his mighty 
acts : praise him according to his 
excellent greatness. 

3. Praise him with the sound 
of the trumpet: praise him with 
the psaltery and harp. 

4. Praise him with the timbrel 
and dance: praise him with 
stringed instruments and or- 
gans. 

5. Praise him upon the loud 
cymbals: praise him upon the 
high-sounding cymbals. 

6. Let every thing that hath 
breath praise the Lord. Praise 
ye the Lord. 

Heb. XIII, 15. By him therefore 
let us offer the sacrifice of praise 
to God continually, that is, the 
fruit of our lips, giving thanks to 
his name. 

Acts xvi, 25. And at midnight 
Paul and Silas prayed, and sang 
praises unto God: and the pris- 
oners heard them. 

Matt, xxvi, 30. And when they 
had sung a hymn, they went out 
into the mount of Olives. 

Eph. V, 19. Speaking to your- 
selves in psalms, and hymns, 
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making melody in your heart to 
the Lord : 

20. Giving thanks always for 
all things unto God and the Fa- 
ther in the name of our Lord Je- 
sus Christ. 

2. Praise Should be Earnest. 

Eph. V, 19. Speaking to your- 
selves in psalms, and hymns, and 
spiritual songs, singing and mak- 
ing melody in your heart to the 
Lord ; 

20. Giving thanks always for 
all things unto God and the Fa- 
ther, in the name of our Lord 
Jesus Christ. 

1 CoR. XIV, 15. What is it then? 
I will pray with the spirit, and I 
will pray with the understanding 
also: I will sing with the spirit, 
and I will sing with the under- 
standing also. 

Psalm cxi, 1. Praise ye the 
Lord. I will praise the Lord with 
my whole heart, in the assembly 
of the upright, and in the congre- 
gation. 

Col. Ill, 16. Let the Word of 
Christ dwell in you richly in all 
wisdom ; teaching and admonish- 
ing one another in psalms and 
hymns, and spiritual songs, sing- 
ing with grace in your hearts to 
the Lord. 

Phil, iv, 6. Eejoice in the Lord 
always : and again I say, Rejoice. 

5. Let your moderation be 
known unto all men. The Lord 
is at hand. 

6. Be careful for nothing; but 
in every thing by prayer and 
supplication with thanksgiving 
let your requests be made known 
unto God. 

CoL. IV, 2. Continue in prayer, 
and watch in the same with 
thanksgiving. 

Psalm v, 11. But let all those 
that put their trust in thee re- 
joice : let them ever shout for 
joy, because thou defendest them : 
let them also that love thy name 
be joyful in thee. 

Psalm xxxii, 32. Be glad in the 
Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous : 



and shout for joy, all ye that are 
upright in heart. 

Psalm xxvii, 4. Delight thyself 
also in the Lord ; and he shall 
give thee the desires of thine 
heart. 

Psalm lxiii, 3. Because thy 
loving-kindness is better than 
life, my lips shall praise thee. 

4. Thus will I bless thee while 
I live: I will lift up my hands in 
thy name. 

Psalm xcvii, 1. The Lord reign- 
eth; let the earth rejoice; let the 
multitude of isles be glad thereof. 

2. Clouds and darkness are 
round about him : righteousness 
and judgment are the habitation 
of his throne. 

Psalm cxlix, 2. Let Israel re- 
joice in him that made him: let 
the children of Zion be joyful in 
their King. 

Isaiah xli, 16. Thou shalt fan 
them, and the wind shall carry 
them away, and the whirlwind 
shall scatter them : and thou shalt 
rejoice in the Lord, and shalt 
glory in the Holy One of Israel. 

1 Chron. XVI, 31. Let the heav- 
ens be glad, and let the earth 
rejoice: and let men say among 
the nations, The Lord reigneth. 

32. Let the sea roar, and the 
fullness thereof: let the fields re- 
joice, and all that is therein. 

1 Sam. II, 1. And Hannah 
prayed, and said. My heart rejoic- 
eth in the Lord, mine horn is 
exalted in the Lord; my mouth 
is enlarged over mine enemies; 
because I rejoice in thy salva- 
tion. 

]S'eh. VIII, 10. Then he said 
unto them, Go your way, eat the 
fat, and drink the sweet, and send 
portions unto them for whom 
nothing is prepared: for this day 
is holy unto our Lord : neither be 
ye sorry ; for the joy of the Lord 
is your strength. 

Hab. Ill, 17. Although the fig 
tree shall not blossom, neither 
shall fruit be in the vines; the 
labor of the olive shall fail, and- 
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the flock shall be cut off from the 
fold, and there shall be no herd 
in the stalls : 

18. Yet I will rejoice in the 
Lord, I will joy in the God of my 
salvation. 

19. The LordGod is my strength, 
and he will make my feet like 
hinds* feet, and he will make 
me to walk upon mine high 
places. 

1 Pet. I, 8. Whom having not 



seen, ye love; in whom, though 
now ye see him not, yet believ- 
ing, ye rejoice with joy unspeak- 
able and full of glory. 

Phil, hi, 1. Finally, my breth- 
ren, rejoice in the Lord. To write 
the same things to you, to me 
indeed is not grievous, but for 
you it is safe. 

Phil, iv, 4. Rejoice in the Lord 



always 
joice. 



and again I say, Re- 



CHAPTER III. 



FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT. 



I. Love. 
(1.) Love to God, 

Matt, xxii, 37. Jesus said unto 
him. Thou shalt love the Lord thy 
God with all thy heart, and with 
all thy soul, and with all thy 
mind. 

38. This is the first and great 
commandment. 

Deut. VI, 5. And thou shalt 
love the Lord thy God with all 
thine heart, and with all thy soul, 
and with all thy might. 

Deut. xi, 1. Therefore thou 
shalt love the Lord thy God, and 
keep his charge, and his statutes, 
and his judgments, and his com- 
mandments, always. 

Josh, xxii, 5. But take diligent 
heed to do the commandment and 
the law, which Moses the servant 
of the Lord charged you, to love 
the Lord your God, and to walk 
in all his ways, and to keep his 
commandments, and to cleave 
unto him, and to serve him with 
all your heart and with all your 
soul. 

Prov. xxiii, 26. My son, give 
jne thy heart, and let thine eyes 
observe my ways. 

1 Cor. XVI, 22. If any man love 



not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him 
be anathema maranatha. 

JuDE, 21. Keep yourselves in 
the love of God, looking for the 
mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ 
unto eternal life. 

Deut. vii, 9. Know therefore 
that the Lord thy God, he is God, 
the faithful God, which keepeth 
covenant and mercy with them 
that love him and keep his com- 
mandments to a thousand genera- 
tions. 

Deut. xi, 13. And it shall come 
to pass, if ye shall hearken dili- 
gently unto my commandments 
which I command you this day, 
to love the Lord your God, and to 
serve him with all your heart, 
and with all your soul, 

14. That I will give you the 
rain of your land in his due sea- 
son, the first rain and the latter 
rain, that thou mayest gather in 
thy corn, and thy wine, and thine 
oil. 

15. And I will send grass in thy 
fields for thy cattle, that thou 
mayest eat and be full. 

Psalm cxlv, 20. The Lord pre- 
serveth all them that love him : 
but all the wicked will he destroy. 

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love me : and those that seek me 
early shall find me. 

John xiv, 21. He that hath 
my commandments, and keepeth 
them, he it is that loveth me: 
and he that loveth me shall be 
loved of my Father, and I will 
love him, and will manifest my- 
self to him. 

22. Judas saith unto him, not 
Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou 
wilt manifest thyself unto us, and 
not unto the world ? 

23. Jesus answered and said 
unto him. If a man love me, he 
will keep my words and my Fa- 
ther will love him, and we will 
come unto him, and make our 
abode with him. 

James i, 12. Blessed is the man 
that endureth temptation : for 
when he is tried, he shall receive 
the crown of life, which the Lord 
hath promised to them that love 
him. 

1 Cor. II, 9. But as it is written. 
Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, 
neither have entered into the 
heart of man, the things which 
God hath prepared for them that 
love him. 

RoM. VIII, 28. And we know 
that all things work together for 
good to them that love God, to 
them who are called according to 
his purpose. 

(2.) The love of God. 

JoHii III, 16. For God so loved 
the world, that he gave his only 
begotten Son, that whosoever be- 
lieveth in him should not perish, 
but have everlasting life. 

Rom. V, 8. But God commandeth 
his love toward us, in that, while 
we were yet sinners, Christ died 
for us. 

Eph. II, 4. But God, who is rich 
in mercy, for his great love where- 
with he loved us, 

5. Even when we were dead in 
sins, hath quickened us together 
with Christ; (by grace ye are 
saved;) 

6. And hath raised us up to- 
gether, and made us sit together 



in heavenly places in Christ Je- 
sus : 

7. That in the ages to come he 
might show the exceeding riches 
of his grace in his kindness 
toward us through Christ Jesus. 

Luke vi, 35. But love ye your 
enemies, and do good, and lend, 
hoping for nothing again ; and 
your reward shall be great, and 
ye shall be the children of the 
Highest ; for he is kind unto the 
unthankful and to the evil. 

1 John iv, 7. Beloved, let us 
love one another: for love is of 
God; and every one that loveth 
is born of God, and knoweth God. 

8. He that loveth not knoweth 
not God ; for God is love. 

9. In this was manifested the 
love of God toward us, because 
that God sent his only begotten 
Son into the world, that we might 
live through him. 

10. Herein is love, not that we 
loved God, but that he loved us, 
and sent his Son to be the propi- 
tiation for our sins. 

James v, 11. Behold, we count 
them happy which endure. Ye 
have heard of the patience of 
Job, and have seen the end of 
the Lord; that the Lord is very 
pitiful, and of tender mercy. 

HosEA XI, 8. How shall I give 
thee up, Ephraim? how shall I 
deliver thee, Israel? how shall I 
make thee as Admah? how shall 
I set thee as Zeboim? my heart 
is turned within me, my repent- 
ings are kindled together. 

Lam. Ill, 22. It is of the Lord's 
mercies that we are not consumed, 
because his compassions fail not. 

Lam. Ill, 32. But though he cause 
grief, yet will he have compassion 
according to the multitude of his 
mercies. 

33. For he doth not afflict will- 
ingly, nor grieve the children of 
men. 

Psalm xxxvi, 7. How excellent 
is thy loving-kindness, God! 
therefore the children of men 
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Psalm lxtx, 16. Hear me, 
Lord; for thy loving-kindDess 
is good: turn unto me accord- 
ing to the multitude of thy ten- 
der mercies. 

Psalm lxxtiii, 38. But he, being 
full of compassion, forgave their 
iniquity, and destroyed them not: 
yea, many a time turned he his 
anger a^vay, and did not stir up 
all his wrath. 

Psalm cm, 13. Like as a father 
pitieth his children, so the Lord 
pitieth them that fear him. 

Psalm lxxxti, 15. But thou, 
Lord, art a God full of compas- 
sion, and gracious, long-suffer- 
ing, and plenteous in mercy and 
truth. 

Psalm cxly, 8. The Lord is 
gracious, and full of compas- 
sion : slow to anger, and of great 
mercy. 

9. The Lord is good to all : and 
his tender mercies are over all his 
works. 

Matt, ix, 35. And Jesus went 
about all the cities and villages, 
teaching in their synagogues, 
and preaching the Gospel of the 
kingdom, and healing every sick- 
ness and every disease among the 
people. 

36. But when he saw the mul- 
titudes, he was moved with 
compassion on them, because 
they fainted, and were scattered 
abroad, as sheep having no shep- 
herd. 

Matt, xiv, 14. And Jesus went 
forth, and saw a great multitude, 
and TV as moved with compassion 
toward them, and he healed their 
sick. 

Matt, xv, 32. Then Jesus called 
his disciples unto him, and said, 
I have compassion on the multi- 
tude, because they continue with 
me now three days, and have 
nothing to eat : and I will not 
send them away fasting, lest they 
faint in the way. 

Matt, xxiii, 37. Jerusalem, 
Jerusalem, thou that killest 
the prophets, and stonest them 
which are sent unto thee, how 



often would I have gathered thy 
children together, even as a hen 
gathereth her chickens under her 
wings, and ye would not! 

John* xiii, 34. A new command- 
ment I give unto you. That ye 
love one another, as I have loved 
you, that ye also love one another. 

John xv, 9. As the Father hath 
loved me, so have T loved you : 
continue ye in my love. 

Pom. V, 6. For when we were 
yet without strength, in due time 
Christ died for the ungodly. 

7. For scarcely for a righteous 
man will one die: yet peradven- 
ture for a good man some would 
even dare to die. 

8. But God commendeth his 
love toward us, in that, while 
we were yet sinners, Christ died 
for us. 

Pom. VIII, 37. Nay, in all these 
things we are more than conquer- 
ors through him that loved us. 

Eph. V, 2. And walk in love, 
as Christ also hath loved us, 
and hath given himself for us 
an offering and a sacrifice to God 
for a sweet-smelling savor. 

Matt, xx, 28. Even as the Son 
of man came not to be ministered 
unto, but to minister, and to give 
his life a ransom for many. 

Phil, ii, 6. "Who, being in the 
form of God, thought it not rob- 
bery to be equal with God: 

7. But made himself of no rep- 
utation, and took upon him the 
form of a servant, and was made 
in the likeness of men: 

8. And being found in fashion 
as a man, he humbled himself, 
and became obedient unto death, 
even the death of the cross. 

Isaiah l, 6. I gave my back 
to the smiters, and my cheeks to 
them that plucked off the hair: 
I hid not my face from shame 
and spitting. 

Isaiah Liii, 7. He was oppressed, 
and he was afflicted, yet he opened 
not his mouth : he is brought as a 
lamb to the slaughter, and as a 
sheep before her shearers is dumb, 
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1 Peter ii, 21. For even here- 
unto were je called: because 
Christ also suffered for us, leav- 
ing us an example, that ye should 
follow his steps. 

2 CoR. VIII, 9. For ve know the 
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
that, though he was rich, yet for 
your sakes he became poor, that 
ye through his poverty might be 
rich. 

(3.) Love to the brethren. 

James ii, 8. If ye fulfill the 
royal law according to the Scrip- 
ture, Thou shalt love thy neigh- 
bor as thyself, ye do well: 

9. But if ye have respect to 
persons, ye commit sin, and are 
convinced of the law as trans- 
gressors. 

Col. Ill, 14. And above all these 
things put on charity, which is 
the bond of perfectness. 

1 Thess. Ill, 12. And the Lord 
make you to increase and abound 
in love one toward another, and 
toward all men, even as we do 
toward you. 

EoM. XIII, 3. For rulers are not 
a terror to good works, but to the 
evil. "Wilt thou then not be afraid 
of the power? do that which is 
good, and thou shalt have praise 
of the same: 

4. For he is the minister of God 
to thee for good. But if thou do 
that which is evil, be afraid; for 
he beareth not the sword in vain : 
for he is the minister of God, a 
revenger to execute wrath upon 
him that doeth evil. 

5. "Wherefore ye must needs be 
subject, not only for wrath, but 
also for conscience' sake. 

6. For, for this cause pay ye 
tribute also: for they are God's 
ministers, attending continually 
upon this very thing. 

7. Render therefore to all their 
dues: tribute to whom tribute is 
due; custom to whom custom; 
fear to whom fear; honor to 
whom honor. 

8. Owe no man any thing, but 
to love one another: for he that 



loveth another hath fulfilled the 
law. 

9. For this. Thou shalt not com- 
mit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, 
Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt 
not bear false witness. Thou shalt 
not covet; and if there be any 
other commandment, it is briefly 
comprehended in this saying, 
namely, Thou shalt love thy 
neighbor as thyself. 

10. Love worketh no ill to his 
neighbor: therefore love is the 
fulfilling of the law. 

11. And that, knowing the time, 
that now it is high time to awake 
out of sleep: for now is our sal- 
vation nearer than when we be- 
lieved. 

12. The night is far spent, the 
day is at hand: let us therefore 
cast off the works of darkness, 
and let us put on the armor of 
light. 

Gal. V, 13. For, brethren, ye 
have been called unto liberty; 
only use not liberty for an occa- 
sion to the flesh, but by love 
serve one another. 

14. For all the law is fulfilled 
in one word, even in this; Thou 
shalt love thy neighbor as thvself. 

Gal. V, 22. But the fruit of the 
Spirit is love, joy, peace, long- 
suffering, gentleness, goodness, 
faith, 

23. Meekness, temperance, 
against such there is no law. 

1 CoR. XIII, 13. And now abid- 
eth faith, hope, charity, these 
three; but the greatest of these 
is charity. 

1 Peter iv, 8. And above 
all things have fervent charity 
among yourselves: for charity 
shall cover the multitude of sins. 

1 CoR. XVI, 14. Let all your 
things be done with charity. 

Matt, v, 43. Ye have heard 
that it hath been said, Thou 
shalt love thy neighbor, and 
hate thine enemy. 

44. But I say unto you, Love 
your enemies, bless them that 
curse you, do good to them that 
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which despitefully use vou, and 
persecute you; 

45. That ye may be the chil- 
dren of your Father which is in 
heaven: for he maketh his sun 
to rise on the evil and on the 
good, and sendeth rain on the 
just and on the unjust. 

46. For if ye love them which 
love you, what reward have ye? 
do not even the publicans the 
same? 

47. And if ye salute your breth- 
ren only, what do ye more than 
others? do not even the publi- 
cans so? 

Luke vi, 32. For if ye love them 
which love you, what thank have 
ye? for sinners also love those 
that love them. 

33. And if ye do good to them 
which do good to you, what thank 
have ye? for sinners also do even 
the same. 

34. And if ye lend to them of 
whom ye hoi)e to receive, what 
thank have ye? for sinners also 
lend to sinners, to receive as much 
again. 

35. But love ye your enemies, 
and do good, and lend, hoping 
for nothing again; and your re- 
ward shall be great, and ye shall 
be the children of the Highest: 
for he is kind unto the unthank- 
ful and to the evil. 

EoM. XV, 1. We then that are 
strong ought to bear the infirmi- 
ties of the weak, and not to please 
ourselves. 

2. Let every one of us please 
his neighbor for his good to edi- 
fication. 

3. For even Christ pleased not 
himself; but, as it is written. 
The reproaches of them that 
reproached thee fell on me. 

1 Cor. X, 24. Let no man seek 
his own, but every man another^s 
wealth. 

1 Cor. X, 33. Even as I please 
all men in all things, not seeking 
mine own profit, but the profit of 
many, that they may be saved. 

2 Cor. v, 15. And that he died 
for all, that they which live 



should not henceforth live unto 
themselves, but unto him which 
died for them, and rose again. 

1 John hi, 16. Hereby perceive 
we the love of God, because he 
laid down his life for us: and we 
ought to lay down our lives for 
the brethren. 

Luke x, 33. But a certain Sa- 
maritan, as he journeyed, came 
where he was; and when he saw 
him, he had compassion on him. 

34. And went to him, and bound 
up his wounds, pouring in oil 
and wine, and set him on his 
own beast, and brought him to 
an inn, and took care of him. 

(4.) Love to all onen. 

Lev. XIX, 18. Thou shalt not 
avenge, nor bear any grudge 
against the children of thy peo- 
ple, but thou shalt love thy neigh- 
bor as thyself: I am the Lord. 

Lev. XIX, 34. But the stranger 
that dwelleth with you shall be 
unto you as one born among you, 
and thou shalt love him as thy- 
self; for ye were strangers in the 
land of Egypt: I am the Lord 
your God. 

Matt, v, 44. But I say unto 
you. Love your enemies, bless 
them that curse you, do good to 
them that hate you, and pray for 
them which despitefuUy use you, 
and persecute you ; 

45. That ye may be the chil- 
dren of your Father which is in 
heaven: for he maketh his sun 
to rise on the evil and on the 
good, and sendeth rain on the 
just and on the unjust. 

46. For if ye love them which 
love you, what reward have ye? 
do not even the publicans the 
same ? 

47. And if ye salute your breth- 
ren only, what do ye more than 
others? do not even the publi- 
cans so? 

48. Be ye therefore perfect, 
even as your Father which is 
in lieaven is perfect. 

EoM. XII, 9. Let love be with- 
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which is evil; cleave to that 
which is good. 

Heb. X, 24. And let us consider 
one another, to provoke unto love, 
and to good works. 

1 Peter i, 22. Seeing ye have 
purified your souls in obeying the 
truth through the Spirit unto un- 
feigned love of the brethren, see 
tliat ye love one another with a 
pure heart fervently. 

1 John ii, 10. He that loveth 
his brother abideth in the light, 
and there is none occasion of 
stumbling in him. 

1 John iv, 20. If a man say, I 
love God, and hateth his brother, 
he is a liar. For he that loveth 
not his brother whom he hath 
seen, how can he love God whom 
he hath not seen? 

21. And this commandment 
have we from him. That he who 
loveth God loveth his brother also. 

1 John hi, 18. My little chil- 
dren, let us not love in word, 
neither in tongue; but in deed 
and in truth. 

Prov. XVIII, 24. A man that 
hath friends must show himself 
friendly: and there is a friend 
that sticketh closerthan a brother. 

1 Thess. IV, 9. But as touching 
brotherly love, ye need not that 
I write unto you: for ye your- 
selves are taught of God to' love 
one another. 

Rom. XII, 10. Be kindly affec- 
tioned one to another with broth- 
erly love ; in honor preferring one 
another. 

1 Thess. hi, 12. And the Lord 
make you to increase and abound 
in love one toward another, and 
toward all men, even as we do 
toward you. 

Eph. i, 15. "Wherefore I also, 
after I heard of your faith in the 
Lord Jesus, and love unto all the 
saints, 

16. Cease not to give thanks 
for you, making mention of you 
in my prayers. 

2 Thess.' I, 3. We are bound to 
thank God always for you, breth- 
ren, as it is meet, because that 



' your faith groweth exceedingly, 
i and the charity of every one of 
1 vou all toward each other abound- 
eth. 

Lev. XIX, 17. Thou shalt not 

hate thy brother in thy heart: 

thou shalt in any wise rebuke 

thy neighbor, and not suffer sin 

I upon him. 

I 1 John III, 14. We know that we 
i have passed from death unto life, 
because we love the brethren. He 
that loveth not his brother abid- 
eth in death. 

15. Whosoever hateth his broth- 
er is a murderer: and ye know 
that no murderer hath eternal 
life abiding in him. 

Ex. XXIII, 5. If thou see the 
ass of him that hateth thee lying 
uuder his burden, and wouldest 
forbear to help him, thou shalt 
surely help with him. 

Rom. XII, 21. Be not overcome 
of evil, but overcome evil with 
good. 

2. Joy. 
(1.) Rejoice in God, 

Phil, hi, 1. Finally, my breth- 
ren, rejoice in the Lord. To write 
the same things to you, to me in- 
deed is not grievous, but for you 
it is safe. 

RoM. V, 11. And not only so, 
but we also joy in God through 
our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom 
we have now received the atone- 
ment. 

Psalm xxxii, 11. Be glad in the 
Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: 
and shout for joy, all ye that are 
upright in heart. 

Isaiah xxix, 19. The meek also 
shall increase their joy in the 
Lord, and the poor amoug men 
shall rejoice in the Holy One of 
Israel. 

Psalm v, 11. But let all those 
that put their trust in thee re- 
joice : let them ever shout for joy, 
because thou defendest them : let 
them also that love thy name be 
joyful in thee. 

Rom.- V, 2. By whom also we 
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grace wherein we stand, and 
rejoice in hope of the glorj of 
God. 

Luke x, 20. Notwithstanding, 
in this rejoice not, that the spirits 
are subject unto you; but rather 
rejoice, because your names are 
written in heaven. 

EoM. XV, 13. Now the God of 
hope fill you with all joy and 
peace in believing, that ye may 
abound in hope, through the 
power of the H0I31 Ghost. 

Psalm iv, 7. Thou hast put 
gladness in my heart, more than 
in the time that their corn and 
their wine increased. 

Psalm xvi, 11. Thou wilt shew 
me the path of life: in thy pres- 
ence is fullness of joy; at thy 
right hand there are pleasures 
forever more. 

Acts xvi, 34. And when he had 
brought them into his house, he 
set meat before them, and re- 
joiced, believing in God with all 
his house. 

1 Peter i, 8. Whom having not 
seen, ye love; in whom, though 
now you see him not, yet believ- 
ing, ye rejoice with joy unspeak- 
able and full of glory. 

EoM. XIV, 17. For the kingdom 
of God is not meat and drink; 
but righteousness, and peace, and 
joy in the Holy Ghost. 

John xvi, 20. Verily, verily, I 
say unto you, that ye shall weep 
and lament, but the world shall 
rejoice : and ye shall be sorrowful, 
but your sorrow shall be turned 
into joy. 

John xv, 11. These things have 
I spoken unto you, that my joy 
might remain in you, and that 
your joy might be full. 

Isaiah lxv, 14. Thus saith the 
Lord, The labor of Egypt, and 
merchandise of Ethiopia and of 
the Sabeans, men of stature, 
shall come over unto thee, and 
they shall be thine: they shall 
come after tbee; in chains they 
shall come over, and they shall 
fall down unto thee; they shall 
make supplication unto thee, say- 



ing. Surely God is in thee; and 
there is none else, there is no 
God. 

Phil, hi, 3. For we are the cir- 
cumcision, which worship God in 
the spirit, and rejoice in Christ 
Jesus, and have no confidence in 
the flesh. 

Psalm xcii, 4. For thou. Lord, 
hast made me glad through thy 
work : I will triumph in the works 
of thy hands. 

Psalm xliii, 4. Then will I go 
unto the altar of God, unto God 
my exceeding joy : yea, upon the 
harp will I praise thee, God my 
God. 

Psalm lxiii, 5. My soul shall 
be satisfied as with marrow and 
fatness ; and my mouth shall 
praise thee with joyful lips. 

Psalm cxxii, 1. I was glad 
when they said unto me. Let us 
go into the house of the Lord. 

Ezra hi, 12. But many of the 
priests and Levites and chief of 
the fathers, who were ancient 
men, that had seen the first 
house, when the foundation of 
this house was laid before their 
eyes, wept with a loud voice; 
and many shouted aloud for joy : 

13. So that the people could 
not discern the noise of the shout 
of joy from the noise of the weep- 
ing of the people: for the people 
shouted with a loud shout, and 
the noise was heard afar off". 

Zech. II, 10. Sing and rejoice, 
daughter of Zion: for, lo, I 
come, and I will dwell in the 
midst of thee, saith the Lord. 

Psalm xxxv, 27. Let them shout 
for joy, and be glad, that favor 
my righteous cause: yea, let them 
say continually. Let the Lord be 
magnified, which hath pleasure 
in the prosperity of his servant. 

Neh. VIII, 10. Then he said 
unto them. Go your way, eat 
the fat, and drink the sweet, 
and send portions unto them for 
whom nothing is })repare(l : for 
this day is holy unto our Lord: 
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Psalm xvi, 8. I have set the 
Lord always before me: because 
he is at my right hand, I shall 
not be moved. 

9. Therefore my heart is glad, 
and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh 
also shall rest in hope. 

1 Sam. II, 1. And Hannah 
prayed, and said, My heart re- 
joiceth in the Lord, mine horn is 
exalted in the Lord; my mouth 
is enlarged over mine enemies; 
because I rejoice in thy salvation. 

Psalm ix, 14. That I may shew 
forth all thy praise in the gates 
of the daughter of Zion: I will 
rejoice in thy salvation. 

Psalm cxviii, 15. The voice of 
rejoicing and salvation is in the 
tabernacles of the righteous: the 
right hand of the Lord doeth val- 
iantly. 

Luke i, 47. And my spirit hath 
rejoiced in God my Savior. 

Psalm xlviii, 11. Let mount 
Zion rejoice, let the daughters of 
Judah be glad, because of thy 
judgments. 

Psalm xix, 8. The statutes of 
the Lord are right, rejoicing the 
heart: the commandment of the 
Lord is pure, enlightening the 
eyes. 

Psalm cxix, 14. I have rejoiced 
in the way of thy testimonies, as 
much as in all riches. 

(2.) Rejoice always, 

Phil, iv, 4. Rejoice in the Lord 
always : and again I say. Rejoice. 

1 Thess. V, 16. Rejoice ever- 
more. 

Isaiah lxv, 14. Behold, my 
servants shall sing for joy of 
heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow 
of heart, and shall howl for vexa- 
tion of spirit. 

Isaiah xii, 2. Behold, God is my 
salvation ; I will trust, and not be 
afraid : for the Lord JEHOVAH 
is my strength and my song; he 
also is become my salvation. 

3. Therefore with joy shall ye 
draw water out of the wells of 
salvation. 

Isaiah xli, 10. Fear thou not; 



for I am with thee: be not dis- 
mayed ; for I am thy God : I will 
strengthen thee : yea, I will help 
thee ; yea, I will uphold thee with 
the right hand of my righteous- 
ness. 

Deut. xii, 7. And there ye shall 
eat before the Lord your God, and 
ye shall rejoice in all that ye put 
your hand unto, ye and your 
households, wherein the Lord thy 
God hath blessed thee. 

Deut. xxvi, 11. And thou shalt 
rejoice in every good thing which 
the Lord thy God hath given unto 
thee, and unto thine house, thou, 
and the Levite, and the stranger 
that is among you. 

Joel ii, 23. Be glad then, ye 
children of Zion, and rejoice in 
the Lord your God : for he hath 
given you the former rain mod- 
erately, and he will cause to come 
down for you the rain, the former 
rain, and the latter rain in the 
first month. 

Hab. Ill, 17. Although the fig 
tree shall not blossom, neither 
shall fruit be in the vines; the 
labor of the olive shall fail, and 
the fields shall yield no meat; 
the flock shall be cut off" from the 
fold, and there shall be no herd 
in the stalls : 

18. Yet I will rejoice in the 
Lord, I will joy in the God of my 
salvation. 

Psalm xxiii, 4. Yea, though 1 
walk through the valley of the 
shadow of death, I will fear no 
evil: for thou art with me; thy 
rod and thy staff" they comfort 
me. 

Isaiah xii, 1. And in that day 
thou shalt say, Lord, I will 
praise thee: though thou wast 
angry with me, thine anger is 
turned away, and thou comfort- 
edst me. 

2 CoR. I, 3. Blessed be God, even 
the Father of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, the Father of mercies, and 
the God of all comfort; 

4. Who comforteth us in all our 
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trouble by the comfort wherewith 
we ourselves are coraforted of 
God. 

2 Thess. II, 16. !N'ow our Lord 
Jesus Christ himself, and God, 
even our Father, which hath 
loved us, and hath given us ever- 
lasting consolation and good hope 
through grace. 

Psalm xxxvi, 8. They shall be 
abundantly satisfied with the fat- 
ness of thy house ; and thou shalt 
make them drink of the river of 
thy pleasures. 

9. For with thee is the fountain 
of life : in thy light shall we see 
light. 

Isaiah xli, 16. Thou shalt fan 
them, and the wind shall carry 
them away, and the whirlwind 
shall scatter them : and thou shalt 
rejoice in the Lord, and shalt 
glory in the Holy One of Israel. 

Jer. IX, 24. But let him that 
glorieth, glory in this, that he 
understandeth and knoweth me, 
that I am the Lord which exercise 
loving-kindness, judgment, and 
righteousness in the earth: for in 
these things I delight, saith the 
Lord. 

Gal. VI, 14. But God forbid that 
I should glory, save in the cross 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom 
the world is crucified unto me, 
and I unto the world. 

Job xxii, 26. For then shalt 
thou have thy delight in the Al- 
mighty, and shalt lift up thy face 
unto God. 

3. Peace. 
(1.) Peace with God. 

EoM. V, 1. Therefore being jus- 
tified by faith, we have peace 
with God through our Lord Jesus 
Christ: 

2. By whom also we have ac- 
cess by faith into this grace 
wherein we stand, and rejoice in 
hope of the glory of God. 

EoM. V, 10. For if, when we 
were enemies, we were reconciled 
to God by the death of his Son ; 
much more, being reconciled, we 
shall be saved by his life. 



Gal. II, 19. For I, through the 
law, am dead to the law, that I 
might live unto God. 

20. I am crucified with Christ: 
nevertheless I live; yet not I, 
but Christ liveth in me: and the 
life which I now live in the fiesh 
I live by the faith of the Son of 
God, who loved me, and gave 
himself for me. 

Eph. I, 6. To the praise of the 
glory of his grace, wherein he 
hath made us accepted in the be- 
loved : 

7. In whom we have redemp- 
tion through his blood, the for- 
giveness of sins, according to the 
riches of his grace. 

Col. I, 20. And, having made 
peace through the blood of his 
cross, by him to reconcile all 
things unto himself; by him, I 
say, whether they be things in 
earth, or things in heaven. 

21. And you, that were some- 
time alienated and enemies in 
your mind by wicked works, yet 
now hath he reconciled 

22. In the body of his flesh 
through death, to present you 
holy, and unblamable, and unre- 
provable in his sight : 

23. If ye continue in the faith 
grounded and settled, and be not 
moved away from the hope of the 
Gospel, which ye have heard, and 
which was preached to every 
creature which is under heaven ; 
whereof I, Paul, am made a min- 
ister. 

Eph. II, 13. But now, in Christ 
Jesus, ye who sometime were far 
off are made nigh by the blood of 
Christ. 

14. For he is our peace, who 
hath made both one, and hath 
broken down the middle wall of 
partition between us ; 

15. Having abolished in his 
flesh the enmity, even the law of 
commandments contained in or- 
dinances; for to make in himself 
of twain one new man, so making 
peace ; 

16. And that he might reconcile 
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cross, having slain the enmity 
thereby : 

17. And came and preached 
peace to you which were afar off, 
and to them that were nigh. 

18. For through him we both 
have access by one Spirit unto the 
Father. 

19. Now therefore ye are no 
more strangers and foreigners, 
but fellow-citizens with the saints, 
and of the household of God. 

Heb. II, 17. Wherefore in all 
things it behooved him to be 
made like unto his brethren, that 
he might be a merciful and faith- 
ful high priest in things pertain- 
ing to God, to make reconciliation 
for the sins of the people. 

Rom. Ill, 24. Being justified 
freely by his grace through the 
redemption that is in Christ 
Jesus. 

Acts xiii, 39. And by him all 
that believe are justified from all 
things, from which ye could not 
be justified by the law of Moses. 

l^CoR. VI, 11. And such were 
som'e of you : but ye are washed, 
but ye are sanctified, but ye are 
justified in the name of the Lord 
Jesus, and by the Spirit of our 
God. 

RoM. VI, 14. For sin shall not 
have dominion over you : for ye 
are not under the law, but under 
grace. 

15. What then ? shall we sin, 
because we are not under the law, 
but under grace ? God forbid. 

Rom. VIII, 1. There is therefore 
now no condemnation to them 
which are in Christ Jesus, who 
walk not after the fiesh, but after 
the Spirit. 

2. For the law of the Spirit of 
life in Christ Jesus hath made me 
free from the law of sin and 
death. 

.3. For what the law could not 
do, in that it was weak through 
the flesh, God sending his own 
Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, 
and for sin, condemned sin in the 
flesh: 

4. That the righteousness of 



the law might be fulfilled in us, 
who walk not after the flesh, but 
after the Spirit. 

5. For they that are after the 
flesh do mind the things of the 
flesh ; but they that are after 
the Spirit, the things of the 
Spirit. 

6. For to be carnally minded 
is death ; but to be spiritually 
minded is life and peace. 

7. Because the carnal mind is 
enmity against God: for it is not 
subject to the law of God, neither 
indeed can be. 

Rom. VIII, 33. Who shall lay 
any thing to the charge of God^s 
elect? It is God that justifieth. 

34. Who is he that condem- 
neth ? It is Christ that died, yea 
rather, that is risen again, who is 
even at the right hand of God, 
who also maketh intercession for 
us. 

Gal. IV, 6. And because ye are 
sons, God hath sent forth the 
Spirit of his Son into your hearts, 
crying, Abba, Father. 

7. Wherefore thou art no more 
a servant, but a son ; and if a son, 
then an heir of God through 
Christ. 

RoM. XV, 33. Now the God of 
peace be with you all. Amen. 

Psalm lxxxv, 8. I will hear 
what God the Lord will speak : 
for he will speak peace unto his 
people, and to his saints : but let 
them not turn again to folly. 

Isaiah ix, 6. For unto us a 
child is born, unto us a son is 
given : and the government shall 
be upon his shoulder: and his 
name shall be called Wonderful, 
Counselor, The mighty God, The 
everlasting Father, The Prince of 
Peace. 

2 Thess. Ill, 16. Now the Lord 
of peace himself give you peace 
always by all means. The Lord 
be with you all. 

Eph. II, 14. For he is our peace, 
who hath made both one, and 
hath broken down the middle 
wall of partition between us ; 

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flesh the enmity, even the law of 
commandments contained in or- 
dinances ; for to make in himself 
of twain one new man, so making 
peace. 

John XIV, 27. Peace Heave with 
you, my peace I give unto you : 
not as the world giveth, give I 
unto you. Let not your heart be 
troubled, neither let it be afraid. 

EoM. XIV, 17. For the kingdom 
of God is not meat and drink; 
but righteousness, and peace, and 
joy in the Holy Ghost. 

Gal. V, 22. But the fruit of the 
Spirit is love, joy, peace, long- 
BuiFering, gentleness, goodness, 
faith. 

Job XXII, 21. Acquaint now 
thyself with him, and be at peace : 
thereby good shall come unto 
thee. 

EzEK. XXXIV, 25. And I will 
make with them a covenant of 
peace, and will cause the evil 
beasts to cease out of the land : 
and they shall dwell safely in 
the wilderness, and sleep in the 
woods. 

Mal. II, 5. My covenant was 
with him of life and peace; and 
I gave them to him for the fear 
wherewith he feared me, and was 
afraid before my name. 

Isaiah lxvi, 12. For thus saith 
the Lord, Behold, I will extend 
peace to her like a river, and the 
glory of the Gentiles like a flow- 
ing stream : then shall ye suck, 
ye shall be borne upon her sides, 
and be dandled upon her knees. 

Isaiah liv, 10. For the mount- 
ains shall depart, and the hills be 
removed ; but my kindness shall 
not depart from thee, neither 
shall the covenant of my peace 
be removed, saith the Lord that 
hath mercy on thee. 

Isaiah lv, 12. For ye shall go 
out with joy, and be led forth 
with peace: the mountains and 
the hills shall break forth before 
you into singing, and all the trees 
of the field shall clap their hands. 

Isaiah xxvi, 3. Thou wilt keep 
him in perfect peace, whose mind 



is staid on thee : because he 
trusteth in thee. 

Luke i, 79. To give light to 
them that sit in darkness and in 
the shadow of death, to guide our 
feet into the way of peace. 

Zech. VIII, 12. For the seed shall 
be prosperous ; the vine shall give 
her fruit, and the ground shall 
give her increase, and the heav- 
ens shall give their dew ; and I 
will cause the remnant of this 
people to possess all these things. 

John xvi, 33. These things I 
have spoken unto you, that in me 
ye might have peace. In the 
world ye shall have tribulation : 
but be of good cheer; I have 
overcome the world. 

Phil., 4. I thank my God, mak- 
ing mention of thee always in my 
prayers. 

5. Hearing of thy love and 
faith, which thou hast toward the 
Lord Jesus, and toward all saints. 

6. That the communication of 
thy faith inay become eff'ectual 
by the acknowledging of every 
good thing which is in you in 
Christ Jesus. 

7. For we have great joy and 
consolation in thy love, because 
the bowels of the saints are re- 
freshed by thee, brother. 

(2.) Peace of Mind — Tranquillity, 

Psalm iv, 8. I will both lay me 
down in peace, and sleep : for 
thou. Lord, only makest me dwell 
in safety. 

Psalm xxix, 11. The Lord will 
give strength unto his people; 
the Lord will bless his people 
with peace. 

Isaiah xxvi, 3. For thy loving- 
kindness is before mine eyes : and 
I have walked in thy truth. 

CoL. Ill, 15. And let the peace 
of God rule in your hearts, to the 
which also ye are called in one 
body; and be ye thankful. 

Gal. VI, 16. And as many as 
walk according to this rule, peace 
be on them, and mercy, and upon 
the Israel of God. 

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shall the righteous flourish, and 
abundance of peace so long as the 
moon endureth. 

Jer. XXXIII, 6. Behold, I will 
bring it health and cure, and I 
will cure them, and will reveal 
unto them the abundance of peace 
and truth. 

1 Thess. I, 1. Paul, and Sil- 
vanus, and Timotheus, unto the 
Church of the Thessalonians 
which is in God the Father, and 
in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace 
be unto you, and peace, from God 
our Father, and the Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

Psalm cxix, 165. Great peace 
have they which love thy law : 
and nothing shall offend them. 

Job XXXIV, 29. When he giveth 
quietness, who then can make 
trouble? and when he hideth his 
face, who then can behold him ? 
whether it be done against a na- 
tion, or against a man only. 

Phil., 4. I thank my God, mak- 
ing mention of thee always in 
my prayers, 

5. Hearing of thy love and 
faith, which thou hast toward the 
Lord Jesus, and toward all saints ; 

6. That the communication of 
thy faith may become effectual 
by the acknowledging of every 
good thing which is in you in 
Christ Jesus. 

7. For we have great joy and 
consolation in thy love, because 
the bowels of the saints are re- 
freshed by thee, brother. 

Psalm xxxvii, 37. Mark the 
perfect man, and behold the up- 
right : for the end of that man is 
peace. 

Luke ii, 29. Lord, now lettest 
thou thy servant depart in peace, 
according to thy word : 

30. For mine eyes have seen 
thy salvation. 

Eph. ii, 14. For he is our peace, 
who hath made both one, and 
hath broken down the middle 
wail of partition between us. 

Psalm lxxxv, 8. I will hear 
what God the Lord will speak: 
for he. will speak peace unto his 



people, and to his saints : but let 
them not turn again to folly. 

Isaiah ix, 6. For unto us a child 
is born, unto us a Son is given; 
and the government shall be upon 
his shoulder : and his name shall 
be called Wonderful, Counselor, 
The mighty God, The everlasting 
Father, the Prince of Peace. 

Isaiah liii, 5. But he was 
wounded for our transgressions, 
he was bruised for our iniquities : 
the chastisement of our peace was 
upon him ; and with his stripes 
we are healed. 

Prov. Ill, 17. Her ways are 
ways of pleasantness, and all her 
paths are peace. 

(3.) Disposed to promote peace, 

1 Pet. Ill, 10. For he that will 
love life, and see good days, let 
him refrain his tongue from evil, 
and his lips that they speak no 
guile : 

11. Let him eschew evil, and 
do good ; let him seek peace, and 
ensue it. 

James hi, 17. But the wisdom 
that is from above is first pure,, 
then peaceable, gentle, and easy 
to be entreated, full of mercy and 
good fruits, without partiality, 
and without hypocrisy. 

Heb. XII, 14. Follow peace with 
all men, and holiness, without 
which no man shall see the 
Lord. 

2 Tim. ii, 24. And the servant 
of the Lord must not strive; but 
be gentle unto all men, apt to 
teach, patient ; 

25. In meekness instructing 
those that oppose themselves ; if 
God peradventure will give them 
repentance to the acknowledging 
of the truth. 

CoL. Ill, 8. But now ye also put 
off all these; anger, wrath, mal- 
ice, blasphemy, filthy communi- 
cation out of your mouLh. 

1 Thess. v, 13. And to esteem 
them very highly in love for their 
work's sake. And be at peace 
among yourselves. 

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tie among you, even as a nurse 
cherisheth her children. 

Col. Ill, 15. And let the peace 
of God rule in vour hearts, to the 
which also ye are called in one 
body : and be ye thankful. 

Phil, ii, 14. Do all things with- 
out murmurings and disputings: 

15. That ye may be blameless 
and harmless, the sons of God, 
without rebuke, in the midst of 
a crooked and perverse nation, 
among whom ye shine as lights 
in the world. 

Eph. IV, 1. I therefore, the pris- 
oner of the Lord, beseech you 
that ye walk worthy of the voca- 
tion wherewith ye are called, 

2. With all lowliness and meek- 
ness, with long-suflfering, forbear- 
ing one another in love; 

3. Endeavoring to keep the 
unity of the Spirit in the bond of 
peace. 

Eph. IV, 32. And be ye kind one 
to another, tender-hearted, for- 
giving one another, even as God 
for Christ's sake hath forgiven 
you. 

Psalm xxxiv, 14. Depart from 
evil, and do good; seek peace, 
and pursue it. 

Prov. XV, 1. A soft answer 
turneth away wrath: but griev- 
ous words stir up anger. 

Jer. XXIX, 7. And seek the 
peace of the city whither I have 
caused you to be carried away 
captives, and pray unto the Lord 
for it : for in the peace thereof 
shall ye have peace. 

Matt, v, 9. Blessed are the 
peacemakers : for they shall be 
called the children of God. 

EoM. XII, 10. Be kindly affec- 
tioned one to another with broth- 
erly love ; in honor preferring 
one another. 

EoM. XII, 18. If it be possible, 
as much as lieth in you, live 
peaceably with all men. 

2 Cor. xiii, 11. Finally, breth- 
ren, farewell. Be perfect, be of 
good comfort, be of one mind, live 
in peace ; and the God of love and 
peace s-hall be with you. 



Gal. V, 22. But the fruit of the 
Spirit is love, joy, peace, long- 
suffering, gentleness, goodness, 
faith, 

23. Meekness, temperance : 
against such there is no law. 

4. Long- Suffering. 

(1.) Patience under provocation. 

Luke xxi, 19. In your patience 
possess ye your souls. 

Psalm xxxvii, 1. Fret not thy- 
self because of evil doers, neither 
be thou envious against the work- 
ers of iniquity. 

Psalm xxxvii, 7. Eest in the 
Lord, and wait patiently for him : 
fret not thyself because of him 
who prospereth in his way, be- 
cause of the man who bringeth 
wicked devices to pass. 

Rom. II, 7. To them who by 
patient continuance in well-doing 
seek for glory, and honor, and im- 
mortality, eternal life. 

RoM. XII, 12. Rejoicing in hope ; 
patient in tribulation ; continu- 
ing instant in prayer. 

Heb. X, 36. For ye have need 
of patience, that, after ye have 
done the will of God, ye might 
receive the promise. 

2 Cor. vi, 4. But in all things 
approving ourselves as the min- 
isters of God, in much patience, 
in afflictions, in necessities, in 
distresses, 

5. In stripes, in imprisonments, 
in tumults, in labors, in watch- 
ings, in fastings. 

Heb. VI, 12. That ye be not 
slothful, but followers of thenx 
who through faith and patience 
inherit the promises. 

Heb. XII, 1. AVherefore, seeing 
we also are compassed about with 
so great a cloud of witnesses, let 
us lay aside every weight, and 
the sin which doth so easily beset 
us, and let us run with patience 
the race that is set before us, 

2. Looking unto Jesus the 
author and finisher of our faith; 
who for the joy that was set be- 
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despising the shame, and is set 
down at the right hand of the 
throne of God. 

James i, 4. But let patience 
have her perfect work, that ye 
may be perfect and entire, want- 
ing nothing. 

James v, 7. Be patient therefore, 
brethren, unto the coming of the 
Lord. Behold, the husbandman 
"waiteth for the precious fruit of 
the earth, and hath long patience 
for it, until he receive the early 
and latter rain. 

8. Be ye also patient ; stablish 
your hearts : for the coming of 
the Lord draweth nigh. 

9. Grudge not one against an- 
other, brethren, lest ye be con- 
demned : behold, the judge stand- 
eth before the door. 

10. Take, my brethren, the 
prophets, who have spoken in 
the name of the Lord, for an 
example of suffering affliction, 
and of patience. 

1 Pet. II, 20. For what glory is 
it, if, when ye be buffeted for 
your faults, ye shall take it pa- 
tiently? but if, when ye do well, 
and suffer for it, ye take it 
patiently, this is acceptable with 
God. 

2 Pet. i, 5. And besides this, 
giving all diligence, add to your 
faith virtue ; and to virtue, knowl- 
edge. 

Eph. IV, 1. I therefore, the 
prisoner of the Lord, beseech you 
that ye walk worthy of the voca- 
tion ^wherewith ye are called. 

2. With all low^liness and meek- 
ness, with long-suffering, for- 
bearing one another in love. 

Eph. IV, 32. And be ye kind 
one to another, tender-hearted, 
forgiving one another, even as 
God for Christ's sake hath for- 
given you. 

1 Pet. Ill, 8. Finally, be ye all 
of one mind, having compassion 
one of another; love as brethren, 
be pitiful, be courteous : 

9. ]^ot rendering evil for evil, 
or railing for railing ; but contra- 
riwise blessing; knowing that ye 



are thereunto called, that ye 
should inherit a blessing. 

Prov. XIX, 11. The discretion of 
a man deferreth his anger ; and 
it is his glory to pass over a 
transgression. 

Luke xvii, 3. Take heed to 
yourselves : If thy brother tres- 
pass against thee, rebuke him; 
and if he repent, forgive him. 

4. And if he trespass against 
thee seven times in a day, and 
seven times in a day turn again 
to thee, saying, I repent ; thou 
shalt forgive him. 

CoL. Ill, 12. Put on therefore, 
as the elect of God, holy and 
beloved, bowels of mercies, kind- 
ness, humbleness of mind, meek- 
ness, long-suffering ; 

13. Forbearing one another, and 
forgiving one another, if any man 
have a quarrel against any : even 
as Christ forgave you, so also do 

ye. 

1 Pet. II, 18. Servants, be sub- 
ject to your masters, with all fear ; 
not only to the good and gentle, 
but also to the froward. 

19. For this is thank-worthy, 
if a man for conscience toward 
God endure grief, suffering wrong- 
fully. 

20. For what glory is it, if, 
when ye be buffeted for your 
faults, ye shall take it patiently ? 
but if, when ye do well, and suf- 
fer for it, ye take it patiently, this 
is acceptable with God. 

21. For even hereunto were ye 
called : because Christ also suf- 
fered for us, leaving us an exam- 
ple, that ye should follow his 
steps : 

22. Who did no sin, neither 
was guile found in his mouth : 

23. Who, when he was reviled, 
reviled not again ; when he suf- 
fered he threatened not ; but com- 
mitted himself to him that judgeth 
righteously. 

(2.) Submission to the will of God. 

1 Sam. Ill, 18. And Samuel told 
him every whit, and hid nothing 
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Lord : let him do what seemeth 
him good. 

2 Sam. xyi, 10. And the king 
said, What have I to do with you, 
ye sons of Zeruiah ? so let him 
curse, because the Lord hath said 
unto him, Curse David. Who 
shall then say, Wherefore hast 
thou done so ? 

11. And David said to Abishai, 
and to all his servants, Behold, 
my son, which came forth of my 
bowels, seeketh my life : how 
much more now may this Benja- 
mite do it : let him alone, and let 
him curse; for the Lord hath 
bidden him. 

Psalm xxxix, 9. I was dumb, I 
opened not my mouth ; because 
thou didst it. 

John xviii, 11. Then said Jesus 
unto Peter, Put up thy sword into 
the sheath: the cup which my 
Father hath given me, shall I not 
drink it? 

Lev. XXVI, 41. And that I also 
have walked contrary unto them, 
aud have brought them into the 
land of their enemies ,• if then 
their uncircumcised hearts be 
humbled, and they then accept of 
the punishment of their iniq- 
uity : 

42. Then will I remember my 
covenant with Jacob, and also 
my covenant with Isaac, and 
also my covenant with Abraham 
will I remember ; and I will re- i 
member the land. 

43. The land also shall be left 
of them, and shall enjoy her Sab- 
baths, while she lieth desolate 
without them : and they shall 
accept of the punishment of their 
iniquity; because, even because 
they despised my judgments, and 
because their soul abhorred my 
statutes. 

Isaiah xlv, 9. Woe unto him 
that striveth with his Maker ! 
Let the potsherd strive with the 
potsherds of the earth. Shall the 
clay say to him that fashioneth 
it, What makest thou ? or thy 
work, He hath no hands ? 

James iv, 7. Submit yourselves 



therefore to God. Pesist the devil, 
and he will flee from you. 

Job I, 20. Then Job arose and 
rent his mantle, and shaved his 
head, and fell down upon the 
ground, and worshiped. 

21. And said, Naked camel out 
of my mother's womb, and naked 
shall I return thither: the Lord 
gave, and the Lord hath taken 
awav ; blessed be the name of the 
I Lord. 

Acts xxi, 14. And when he 
would not be persuaded, we 
ceased, saying, The will of the 
Lord be done. 

John xii, 27. Now is my soul 
troubled ; and what shall I say ? 
Father, save me from this hour : 
but for this cause came I unto 
this hour. 

Psalm xlvi, 10. Be still, and 
know that I am God: I will be 
exalted among the heathen, I will 
be exalted in the earth. 

Matt, vi, 10. Thy kingdom 
come. Thy will be done in earth, 
as it is in heaven. 

Heb. xii, 9. Furthermore, we 
have had fathers of our flesh 
which corrected us, and we gave 
them reverence: shall we not 
I much rather be in subjection unto 
the Father of spirits, and live? 

Pom. IX, 20. Xay but, man, 
who art thou that repliest against 
God ? Shall the thing formed say 
to him that formed it. Why hast 
thou made me thus ? 

21. Hath not the potter power 
over the clay, of the same lump 
to make one vessel unto honor, 
and another unto dishonor? 

Pom. V, 3. And not only so, but 
we glory in the tribulations also; 
knowing that tribulation worketh 
patience ; 

4. And patience, experience ; 
and experience, hope. 

Titus ii, 2. That the aged men 
be sober, grave, temperate, sound 
in faith, in charity, in patience. 

2 Pf.t. i, 6. And to knowledge, 
temperance; and to temperance, 
patience; and to patience, godli- 
ness. 



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Rom. XV, 4. For whatsoever 
things were written aforetime 
were written for our learning, 
that we through patience and 
comfort of the Scriptures might 
have hope. 

5. Gentleness. 

(1.) Must he hind. 

Luke xix, 41. And when he 
was come near, he beheld the 
city, and wept over it, 

42. Saying, If thou hadst known, 
even thou, at least in this thy day, 
the things which belong unto thy 
peace I but now they are hid from 
thine eyes. 

Rom. XII, 15. Rejoice with them 
that do rejoice, and weep with 
them that weep. 

1 Peter ii, 8. If ye fulfill the 
royal law, according to the Scrip- 
ture, Thou shalt love thy neigh- 
bor as thyself, ye do well. 

Job VI, 14. To him that is 
afflicted pity should be showed 
from his friend; but he forsaketh 
the fear of the Almighty. . 

Heb. xiii, 3. Remember them 
that are in bonds, as bound with 
them; and them which suffer ad- 
versity, as being yourselves also 
in the body. 

Isaiah xxii, 4. Therefore said 
I, Look away from me; I will 
weep bitterly, labor not to com- 
fort me; because of the spoiling 
of the daughter of my people. 

Jer. ix, ]. that my head were 
waters, and mine eyes a fountain 
of tears, that I might weep day 
and night for the slain of the 
daughter of my people 1 

Psalm xxxv, 13. But as for me, 
when they were sick, my cloth- 
ing was sackcloth: I humbled 
my soul with fasting, and my 
prayer returned unto mine own 
bosom. 

Prov. XIX, 17. He that hath 
pity upon the poor lendeth unto 
the Lord; and that which he 
hath given will he pay him 
again. 

2 CoR. XI, 29. Who is weak, 



and I am not weak? who is of- 
fended, and I burn not? 

Gal. VI, 2. Bear ye one anoth- 
er's burdens, and so fulfill the 
law of Christ. 

1 Cor. XII, 25. That there should 
be no schism in the body ; but that 
the members should have the 
same care one for another. 

26. And whether one member 
suffer, all the members suffer 
with it; or one member be hon- 
ored, all the members rejoice 
with it. 

1 John hi, 17. But whoso hath 
this world's good, and seeth his 
brother have need, and shutteth 
up his bowels of compassion from 
him, how dwelleth the love of 
God in him? 

Luke xv, 20. And he arose, and 
came to his father. But when he 
was yet a great way off, his father 
saw him, and had compassion, 
and ran, and fell on his neck, 
and kissed him. 

Ex. II, 6. And when she had 
opened it, she saw the child: and, 
behold, the babe wept. And she 
had com})assion on him, and said, 
This is one of the Hebrews' chil- 
dren. 

2 Sam. xvii, 27. And it came to 



pass, 



when David was come to 



Mohanaim, that Shobi the son of 
Nahash of Rabbah of the chil- 
dren of Ammon, and Machir the 
sou of Ammiel of Lodebar, and 
Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, 

28. Brought beds, and basins, 
and earthen vessels, and wheat, 
and barley, and flour, and parched 
corn, and beans, and lentiles, and 
parched pulse, 

29. And honey, and butter, and 
sheep, and cheese of kine, for 
David, and for the people that 
were with him, to eat: for they 
said. The people is hungry, and 
weary, and thirsty, in the wil- 
derness. 

1 CoR. IX, 22. To the weak 
became I as weak, that I might 
gain the weak: I am made all 
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(2.) Not contentious, 

1 Peter hi, 8. Finally, be ye 
all of one mind, having com- 
passion one of another; love as 
brethren, be pitiful, be cour- 
teous : 

9. Not rendering evil for evil, 
or railing for railing: but con- 
trariwise blessing; knowing that 
ye are thereunto called, that ye 
should inherit a blessing. 

Prov. XXIX, 22. An angry man 
stirreth up strife, and a furious 
man aboundeth in transgression. 

Prov. xxx, 33. Surely the 
churning of milk bringeth forth 
butter, and the wringing of the 
nose bringeth forth blood ; so the 
forcing of wrath bringeth forth 
strife. 

Prov. xxvii, 4. Wrath is cruel, 
and anger is outrageous ; but who 
is able to stand before envy? 

EccL. VII, 9. Be not hasty in 
thy spirit to be angry: for anger 
resteth in the bosom of fools, 

EoM. XII, 17. But he beckoning 
unto them with the hand, to hold 
their peace, declared unto them 
how th« Lord had brought him 
out of the prison. And he said, 
Go, show these things unto James, 
and to the brethren. And he de- 
parted, and went into another 
place. 

Rom. XIV, 10. But why dost 
thou judge thy brother? or why 
dost thou set at naught thy broth- 
er? we shall all stand before the 
judgment-seat of Christ. 

Eph. IV, 31. Let all bitterness, 
and wrath, and anger, and clamor, 
and evil-speaking, be put away 
from you, with all malice. 

1 CoR. IV, 5. Therefore judge 
nothing before the time, until 
the Lord come, who both will 
bring to light the hidden things 
of darkness, and will make man- 
ifest the counsels of the hearts: 
and then shall every man have 
praise of God. 

1 Thess. V, 14. Now we exhort 
you, brethren, warn them that 
are unruly, comfort the feeble- 



minded, support the weak, be 
patient toward all men. 

15. See that none render evil 
for evil unto any man ; but ever 
follow that which is good, both 
among yourselves, and to all 
men. 

Heb. X, 30. For we know him 
that hath said. Vengeance be- 
longeth unto me, I will rec- 
ompense, saith the Lord. And 
again. The Lord shall judge his 
people. 

Prov. xvii, 14. The beginning 
of strife is as when one letteth 
out water: therefore leave off 
contention, before it be meddled 
with. 

Lev. XIX, 18. Thou shalt not 
avenge, nor bear any grudge 
against the children of thy peo- 
ple, but thou shalt love thy neigh- 
bor as thyself: I am the Lord. 

Gen. xlix, 1. And Jacob called 
unto his sons, and said, Gather 
yourselves together, that I may 
tell you that which shall befall 
you in the last days. 

2. Gather yourselves together, 
and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and 
hearken unto Israel your father. 

3. Reuben, thou art my first- 
born, my might, and the be- 
ginning of my strength, the 
excellency of dignity, and the 
excellency of power: 

4. Unstable as water, thou shalt 
not excel; because thou wentest 
up to thy father's bed; then de- 
filedst thou it: he went up to my 
couch. 

5. Simeon and Levi are breth- 
ren; instruments of cruelty are 
in their habitations. 

8. my soul, come not thou 
into their secret; unto their as- 
sembly, mine honor, be not thou 
united: for in their anger they 
slew a man, and in their self-will 
they digged down a wall. 

7. Cursed be their anger, for it 
was fierce; and their wrath, for 
it was cruel: I will divide them 
in Jacob, and scatter them in 
Israel. 

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enter into contention, and his 
mouth calleth for strokes. 

Prov. xxyi, 17. He that pass- 
elh by, and meddleth with strife 
belongeth not to him, is like one 
that taketh a dog by the ears. 

Prov. xx, 22. Say not thou, I 
will recompense evil; but wait 
on the Lord, and he shall save 
thee. 

Job V, 2. For wrath killeth the 
foolish man, and envy slayeth 
the silly one. 

Psalm xxxvii, 8. Cease from 
anger, and forsake wrath: fret 
not thyself in any wise to do 
evil. 

(3.) Should help the feeble. 

Job VI, 14. To him that is 
afflicted pity should be shewed 
from his friend; but he forsaketh 
the fear of the Almighty. 

Heb. XIII, 3. Eemember them 
that are in bonds, as bound with 
them ; and them which suffer ad- 
versity, as being yourselves also 
in the body. 

EoM. XII, 15. Eejoice with them 
that do rejoice, and weep with 
them that weep. 

Phil, iv, 14. Notwithstanding, 
ye have well done, that ye did 
communicate with my affliction. 

Prov. xvii, 17. A friend loveth 
at all times, and a brother is born 
for adversity. 

Psalm xxxv, 13. But as for me, 
when they were sick, my cloth- 
ing was sackcloth: I humbled 
my soul with fasting; and my 
prayer returned into mine own 
bosom. 

14. I behaved myself as though 
lie had been my friend or brother : 
I bowed down heavily, as one that 
mourneth for his mother. 

Ex. XXII, 21. Thou shalt neither 
vex a stranger, nor o})press him: 
for ye were strangers in the land 
of Egypt. 

22. Ye shall not afflict any 
widow, or fatherless child. 

Prov. xiv, 31. He that op- 
presseth the poor reproacheth 
his Maker: but he that hon- 



oreth him hath mercy on the 
poor. 

Deut. XXIV, 17. Thou shalt not 
pervert the judgment of the 
stranger, nor of the fatherless; 
nor take a widow's raiment to 
pledge. 

Prov. xxii, 16. Take his gar- 
ment that is surety for a stran- 
ger: and take a pledge of him 
for a strange woman. 

Prov. xxii, 22. Kob not the 
poor, because he is poor: neither 
oppress the afflicted in the gate. 

Psalm xli, 1. Blessed is he 
that considereth the poor: the 
Lord will deliver him in time of 
trouble. 

2. The Lord will preserve him, 
and keep him alive; and he shall 
be blessed upon the earth: and 
thou wilt not deliver him unto 
the will of his enemies. 

1 John hi, 17. But whoso hath 
this world's good, and seeth his 
brother have need, and shutteth 
up his bowels of compassion from 
him, how dwelleth the love of 
God in him ? 

James i, 27. Pure religion and 
undefiled before God and the Fa- 
ther is this. To visit the fatherless 
and widows in their affliction, and 
to keep himself unspotted from 
the world. 

James ii, 1. My brethren, have 
not the faith of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, the Lord of glory, with 
respect of persons. 

2. For if there come unto your 
assembly a man with a gold ring, 
in goodly apparel, and there come 
in also a poor man in vile raiment ; 

3. And ye have respect to him 
that weareth the gay clothing, 
and say unto him. Sit thou here 
in a good place; and say to the 
poor, Stand thou there, or sit hero 
under my footstool : 

4. Are ye not then partial in 
yourselves, and are become judges 
of evil thoughts? 

5. Heaiken, my beloved breth- 
ren, Hath not God chosen the 
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he hath promised to them that 
love him? 

Let. XXV, 35. And if thv brother 
be waxen poor, and fallen in decay 
with thee; then thou shalt relieve 
him: yea, though he be a stran- 
ger, or a sojourner; that he may 
live with thee. 

Deut. XV, 10. Thou shalt surely 
give him, and thine heart shall 
not be grieved when thou givest 
unto him: because that for this 
thing the Lord thy God shall 
bless thee in all thy works, and 
in all that thou puttest thine 
hand unto. 

11. For the poor shall never 
cease out of the land: therefore 
I command thee, saying, Thou 
shalt open thine hand wide unto 
thy brother, to thy poor, and to 
thy needy, in thy land. 

Matt, v, 7. Blessed are the 
merciful: for they shall obtain 
mercy. 

Matt, xxv, 34. Then shall the 
King say unto them on his right 
hand. Come, ye blessed of my 
Father, inherit the kingdom pre'- 
pared for you from the foundation 
of the world : 

35. For I was a hungered, and 
ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, 
and ye gave me drink: I was a 
stranger, and ye took me in : 

36. Xaked, and ye clothed me: 
I was sick, and ye visited me: I 
was in prison, and ye came unto 
me. 

Psalm cxii, 9. He hath dis- 
persed, he hath given to the 
poor; his righteousness endureth 
forever; his horn shall be exalted 
with honor. 

Prov. XIX, 17. He that hath 
pity upon the poor lendeth unto 
the Lord; and that which he 
hath given will he pay him 
again. 

Prov. xxii, 9. He that hath a 
bountiful eye shall be blessed; 
for he giveth of his bread to the 
poor. 

Isaiah lviii, 6. Is not this the 
fast that I have chosen? to loose 
the bands of wickedness, to undo 



the heavy burdens, and to let 
the oppressed go free, and that 
ye break every yoke? 

7. Is it not to deal thy bread 
to the hungry, and that thou 
bring the poor that are cast out 
to thy house? when thou seest 
the naked, that thou cover him; 
and that thou hide not thyself 
from thine own flesh? 

8. Then shall thy light break 
forth as the morning, and thine 
health shall spring forth speed- 
ily: and thy righteousness shall 
go before thee ; the glory of the 
Lord shall be thy rearward. 

9. Then shalt thou call, and 
the Lord shall answer; thou 
shalt cry, and he shall say, Here 
I am. If thou take away from 
the midst of thee the yoke, the 
putting forth of the finger, and 
speaking vanity ; 

10. And if thou draw out thy 
soul to the hungry, and satisfy 
the afflicted soul: then shall thy 
light rise in obscurity, and thy 
darkness be as the noonday: 

11. And the Lord shall guide 
thee continually, and satisfy thy 
soul in drought, and make fat 
thy bones: and thou shalt be 
like a watered garden, and like 
a spring of water, whose waters 
fail not. 

6. Goodness. 

(1.) The right state of heart — he 
good. 

Rom. XV, 14. And I myself also 
am persuaded of you, my breth- 
ren, that ye also are full of good- 
ness, filled with all knowledge, 
able also to admonish one an- 
other. 

Gal. V, 22. But the fruit of the 
Spirit is love, joy, peace, long- 
sufi'ering, gentleness, goodness, 
faith. 

Eph. V, 9. (For the fruit of the 
Spirit is in all goodness and right- 
eousness and truth.) 

Eph. IV, 24. And that ye put 
on the new man, which after God 
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EoM. VII, 22. For I delight in 
the law of God after the inward 
man. 

2 Cor. iv, 16. For which cause 
we faint not ; but though our out- 
ward man perish, yet the inward 
man is renewed day by day. 

2 Peter i, 4. Whereby are given 
unto us exceeding great and pre- 
cious promises; that by these ye 
might be partakers of the divine 
nature, having escaped the cor- 
ruption that is in the world 
through lust. 

EzEK. XXXVI, 26. A new heart 
also will I give you, and a new 
spirit will I put within you: and 
I will take away the stony heart 
out of your flesh, and I will give 
you a heart of flesh. 

EzEK. XI, 19. And I will give 
them one heart, and I will put a 
new spirit within you; and I will 
take the stony heart out of their 
flesh, and will give them a heart 
of flesh. 

Rom. VII, 6. But now we are de- 
livered from the law, that being 
dead wherein we were held; that 
we should serve in newness of 
spirit, and not in the oldness of 
the letter. 

1 John ii, 29. If ye know that 
he is righteous, ye know that ev- 
ery one that doeth righteousness 
is born of him. 

1 John iv, 7. Beloved, let us 
love one another: for love is of 
God; and every one that loveth 
is born of God, and knoweth God. 

Isaiah xliii, 6. I will say to the 
north. Give up; and to the south. 
Keep not back: bring my sons 
from far, and my daughters from 
the ends of the earth; 

7. Even every one that is called 
by my name: for I have created 
him for my glory, I have formed 
him; yea, I have made him. 

1 Peter ii, 21. For even here- 
unto were ye called: because 
Christ also suff'ered for us, leav- 
ing us an example, that ye should 
follow his steps : 

22. Who did no sin, neither was 
guile found in his mouth. 



Lev. XIX, 2. Speak unto all the 
congregation of the children of 
Israel, and say unto them, Ye 
shall be holy: for I the Lord 
your God am holy. 

1 Peter i, 15. But as he which 
hath called you is holy, so be ye 
holy in all manner of conversa- 
tion ; 

16. Because it is written, Be yo 
holy; for I am holy. 

RoM. VIII, 29. For whom he did 
foreknow, he also did predesti- 
nate to be conformed to the im- 
age of his Son, that he might 
be the first-born among many 
brethren. 

1 John ii, 6. He that saith he 
abideth in him ought himself also 
so to walk, even as he walked, 

Isaiah xxxv, 8. And a highway 
shall be there, and a way, and it 
shall be called The way of holi- 
ness; the unclean shall not pass 
over it; but it shall be for those: 
the wayfaring men, though fools, 
shall not err therein. 

(2.) Doing good — Beneficence. 

Job xxix, 12. Because I deliv- 
ered the poor that cried, and the 
fatherless, and him that had none 
to help him. 

13. The blessing of him that 
was ready to perish came upon 
me: and I caused the widow's 
heart to sing for joy. 

Acts ii, 44. And all that be- 
lieved were together, and had all 
things common ; 

45. And sold their possessions 
and goods, and parted them to all 
men, as every man had need. 

Acts iv, 32. This Jesus hath 
God raised up, whereof we all are 
witnesses. 

33. Therefore being by the right 
hand of God exalted, and having 
received of the Father the prom- 
ise of the Holy Ghost, he hath 
shed forth this, which ye now 
see and hear. 

34. For David is not ascended 
into the heavens : but he saith 
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35. Until I make thy foes thy 
footstool. 

Heb. XIII, 3. Eemember them 
that are in bonds, as bound with 
them ; and them which suffer ad- 
versity, as being yourselves also 
in the body. 

Phil, iv, 14. N'otwithstanding, 
ye have well done, that ye did 
communicate with my affliction. 

Job VI, 14. To him that is af- 
flicted pity should be shewed 
from his friend | but he forsaketh 
the fear of the Almighty. 

Psalm lxxxii, 3. Defend the 
poor and fatherless : do justice to 
the afflicted and needy. 

4. Deliver the poor and needy : 
rid them out of the hand of the 
wicked. 

Prov. XXI, 13. Whoso stoppeth 
his ears at the cry of the poor, be 
also sball cry himself, but shall 
not be heard. 

EzEK. XVI, 49. Behold, this was 
the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, 
pride, fullness of bread, and 
abundance of idleness was in her 
and in her daughters, neither did 
she strengthen the hand of the 
poor and needy. 

Jkr. XXI, 12. house of David, 
thus saith the Lord; Execute 
judgment in the morning, and 
deliver him that is spoiled out of 
the hand of the oppressor, lest 
my fury go out like fire, and burn 
that none can quench it, because 
of the evil of your doings. 

Isaiah i, 17. Learn to do well ; 
seek judgment, relieve the op- 
pressed, judge the fatherless, plead 
for the widow. 

Psalm xxxi, 8. And hast not 
shut me up into the hand of the 
enemy : thou hast set my feet in 
a large room. 

9. Have mercy upon me, 
Lord, for I am in trouble: mine 
eye is consumed with grief, yea, 
my soul and my belly. 

Isaiah xvi, 3. Take counsel, exe- 
cute judgment ; make thy shadow 
as the night in the midst of the 
noonday ; hide the outcasts ; be- 
wray not him that wandereth. 



4. Let mine outcasts dwell with 
thee, Moab ; be thou a covert 
to them from the face of the 
spoiler : for the extortioner is at 
an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the 
oppressors are consumed out of 
the land. 

Prov. xxiv, 11. If thou forbear 
to deliver them that are drawn 
unto death, and those that are 
ready to be slain ; 

12. If thou sayest. Behold, we 
knew it not; doth not he that 
pondereth the heart consider it ? 
and he that keepeth thy soul, 
doth not he know it? -and shall 
not he render to every man ac- 
cording to his works ? 

Prov. xxi, 7. The robbery of 
the wicked shall destroy them ; 
because they refuse to do judg- 
ment. 

Isaiah lviii, 6. Is not this the 
fast that I have chosen ? to loose 
the bands of wickedness, to undo 
the heavy burdens, and to let the 
oppressed go free, and that ye 
break every yoke ? 

7. Is it not to deal thy bread to 
the hungry, and that thou bring 
the poor that are cast out of thy 
house? when thou seest the 
naked, that thou cover him ; and 
that thou hide not thyself from 
thine own flesh ? 

8. Then shall thy light break 
forth as the morning, and thine 
health shall spring forth speedily: 
and thy righteousness shall go 
before thee ; the glory of the 
Lord shall be thy rearward. 

9. Then shalt thou .call, and 
the Lord shall answer ; thou shalt 
cry, and he shall say. Here I am. 
If thou take away from the midst 
of thee the yoke, the putting 
forth of the finger, and speaking 
vanity ; 

10. And if thou draw out thy 
soul to the hungry, and satisfy 
the afflicted soul ; then shall 
thy light rise in obscurity, and 
thy darkness be as noonday : 

11. And the Lord shall guide 
thee continually, and satisfy thy 
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bones : and thou shalt be like a 
watered garden, and like a spring 
of water, whose waters fail not. 

MiCAH VI, 8. He hath shewed 
thee, man, what is good; and 
what doth the Lord require of 
thee, but to do justly, and to love 
mercy, and to walk humbly with 
thy God ? 

Prov. XXI, 3. To do justice and 
judgment is more acceptable to 
the Lord than sacrifice. 

Deut. XVI, 20. That which is 
altogether just shalt thou follow, 
that thou mayest live, and inherit 
the land which the Lord thy God 
giveth thee. 

Rom. XIII, 7. Render therefore 
to all their dues : tribute to whom 
tribute is due; custom to whom 
custom ; fear to whom fear ; honor 
to whom honor. 

8. Owe no man any thing, but 
to love one another : for he that 
loveth another hath fulfilled the 
law. 

2 Chron. XVI, 9. For the eyes 
uf the Lord run to and fro through- 
out the whole earth, to shew him- 
self strong in the behalf of them 
whose heart is perfect toward 
him. Herein thou hast done 
foolishly : therefore from hence- 
forth thou shalt have wars. 

Psalm iv, 3. But know that the 
Lord hath set apart him that is 
godly for himself: the Lord will 
hear when I call unto him. 

Psalm v, 12. For thou, Lord, 
wilt bless the righteous ; with 
favor wilt thou compass him as 
with a shield. 

Psalm xxxvii, 3. Trust in the 
Lord, and do good ; so shalt thou 
dwell in the land, and verily thou 
shalt be fed. 

Psalm xcii, 12. The righteous 
shall nourish like a palm tree : 
he shall grow like a cedar in Leb- 
anon. 

13. Those that be planted in the 
house of the Lord shall flourish 
in the courts of our God. 

14. They shall still bring forth 
fruit in old age ; they shall be fat 
and flourishing ; 



15. To shew that the Lord is 
upright : he is my rock, and there 
is no unrighteousness in him. 

Prov. x, 3. The Lord will not 
suffer the soul of the righteous to 
famish : but he casteth away the 
substance of the wicked. 

Prov. x, 30. The righteous 
shall never be removed : but the 
wicked shall not inhabit the 
earth. 

Prov. xiii, 22. A good man 
leaveth an inheritance to his 
children's children : and the 
wealth of the sinner is laid up 
for the just. 

Isaiah xxxiii, 15. He that walk- 
eth righteously, and speaketh up- 
rightly ; he that despiseth the 
gain of oppressions, that shaketh 
his hands from holding of bribes, 
that stoppeth his ears from hear- 
ing of blood, and shutteth his 
eyes from seeing evil ; 

16. He shall dwell on high; his 
place of defense shall be the mu- 
nitions of rocks : bread shall be 
given him : his waters shall be 
sure. 

Matt, vi, 19. Lay not up for 
yourselves treasures upon earth, 
where moth and rust doth cor- 
rupt, and where thieves break 
through and steal : 

20. But lay up for yourselves 
treasures in heaven, where nei- 
ther moth nor rust doth corrupt, 
and where thieves do not break 
through nor steal. 

1 Tim. VI, 6. But godliness with 
contentment is great gain. 

7. For we brought nothing into 
this world, and it is certain we 
can carry nothing out. 

Heb. xiii, 16. But to do good 
and to communicate forget not: 
for with such sacrifices God is 
well pleased. 

Heb. VI, 10. For God is not un- 
righteous to lorget your work and 
labor of love, which ye have 
shewed toward his name, in that 
ye have ministered to the saints, 
and do minister. 

Prov. xix, 17. He that hath 
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the Lord ; and that which he hath 
given will he pay him again. 

Psalm xli, 1. Blessed is he that 
considereth the poor : the Lord 
will deliver him in time of trouble. 

1 Tim. VI, 17. Charge them that 
are rich in this world, that they 
be not high-minded, nor trust in 
uncertain riches, but in the living 
God, who giveth us richly all 
things to enjoy; 

18. That they do good, that 
they be rich in good works, ready 
to distribute, willing to communi- 
cate ; 

19. Laying up in store for them- 
selves a good foundation against 
the time lo come, that they may 
lay hold on eternal life. 

7. Meekness. 

(1.) Christian lowliness, 

Zeph. II, 3. Seek ye the Lord, 
all ye meek of the earth, which 
have wrought his judgment ; seek 
righteousness, seek meekness; it 
may be ye shall be hid in the day 
of the Lord's anger. 

Col. Ill, 12. Put on therefore, 
as the elect of God, holy and 
beloved, bowels of mercies, kind- 
ness, humbleness of mind, meek- 
ness, long-suffering; 

13. Forbearing one another, and 
forgiving one another, if any man 
have a quarrel against any : even 
as Christ forgave you, so also do 
ye. 

Eph. IV, 2. With all lowliness 
and meekness, with long-suffer- 
ing, forbearing one another in 
love ; 

3. Endeavoring to keep the 
unity of the Spirit in the bond of 
peace. 

2 Tim. ii, 25. In meekness in- 
structing those that oppose them- 
selves : if God peradventure will 
give them repentance to the ac- 
knowledging of the truth. 

Psalm xxv, 9. The meek will 
he guide in judgment, and the 
meek will he teach his way. 

1 Tim. VI, 11. But thou, man 
of God, flee these things; and 



follow after righteousness, godli- 
ness, faith, love, patience, meek- 
ness. 

Matt, x, 16. Behold, I send you 
forth as sheep in the midst of 
wolves: be ye therefore wise as 
serpents, and harmless as doves. 

Psalm xxxvii, 11. But the meek 
shall inherit the earth; and shall 
delight themselves in the abun- 
dance of peace. 

Psalm cxlvii, 6. The Lord lift- 
eth up the meek : he casteth the 
wicked down to the ground. 

EccL. VII, 8. Better is the end 
of a thing than the beginning 
thereof; and the patient in spirit 
is better than the proud in spirit. 

Matt, v, 5. Blessed are the 
meek : for they shall inherit the 
earth. 

1 Cor. IV, 12. And labor, work- 
ing with our own hands: being 
reviled, we bless ; being perse- 
cuted, we suffer it. 

Eph. IV, 32. And be ye kind one 
to another, tender-hearted, for- 
giving one another, even as God 
for Christ's sake hath forgiven 
you. 

Luke xvii, 3. Take heed to 
yourselves: If thy brother tres- 
pass against thee, rebuke him; 
and if he repent, forgive him. 

4. And if he trespass against 
thee seven times in a day, and 
seven times in a day turn again 
to thee, saying, I repent ; thou 
shalt forgive him. 

Eph. Ill, 8. Unto me, who am 
less than the least of all saints, is 
this grace given, that I should 
preach among the Gentiles the 
unsearchable riches of Christ ; 

9. And to make all men see 
what is the fellowship of the 
mystery which from the begin- 
ning of the world hath been hid 
in God, who created all things by 
Jesus Christ. 

Heb. X, 36. For ye have need 
of patience, that, after ye have 
done the will of God, ye might 
receive the promise. 

James i, 4. But let patience 
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may be perfect and entire, want- 
ing nothing. 

James v, 7. Be patient therefore, 
brethren, unto the coming of the 
Lord. Behold, the husbandman 
waiteth for the precious fruit of 
the earth, and hath long patience 
for it, until he receive the early 
and latter rain. 

8. Be ye also patient ; stablish 
your hearts: for the coming of 
the Lord draweth nigh. . 

1 Thess. II, 7. But we were gen- 
tle among you, even as a nurse 
cherisheth her children. 

2 Tim. ii, 24. And the servant 
of the Lord must not strive ; but 
be gentle unto all men, apt to 
teach, patient; 

25. In meekness instructing 
those that oppose themselves ; if 
God peradventure will give them 
repentance to the acknowledging 
of the truth. 

Neh. XII, 14. Follow peace with 
all men, and holiness, without 
which no man shall see the Lord. 

Phil, ii, 14. Do all things with- 
out murmurings and disputings : 

15. That ye may be blameless 
and harmless, the sons of God, 
without rebuke, in the midst of 
a crooked and perverse nation, 
among whom ye shine as lights 
in the world. 

Gal. V, 22. But the fruit of the 
Spirit is love, joy, peace, long- 
sufifering, gentleness, goodness, 
faith, 

23. Meekness, temperance : 
against such there is no law. 

Jer. xxix, 7. And seek the 
peace of the city whither I have 
caused you to be carried away 
captives, and pray unto the Lord 
for it: for in the peace thereof 
shall ye have peace. 

Prov. XV, 1. A soft answer 
turneth away wrath : but griev- 
ous words stir up anger. 

Psalm xxxiv, 14. Depart from 
evil, and do good; seek peace, 
and pursue it. 

2 CoR. xiii, 11. Finally, breth- 
ren, farewell. Be perfect, be of 
good comfort, be of one mind, live 



in peace ; and the God of love and 
peace shall be with you. 

1 Pet. II, 20. For what glory is 
it, if, when ye be buffeted lor your 
faults, ye shall take it patiently?* 
but if, when ye do well, and suf- 
fer for it, ye take it patiently, this 
is acceptable with God. 

James v, 10. Take, my brethren, 
the prophets, who have spoken in 
the name of the Lord, for an ex- 
ample of suffering affliction, and 
of patience. 

11. Behold, we count them 
happy which endure. Ye have 
heard of the patience of Job, aud 
have seen the end of the Lord; 
that the Lord is very pitiful, and 
of tender mercy. 

(2.) Humility, 

Lev. XXVI, 41. And that I also 
have walked contrary unto them, 
and have brought them into the 
land of their enemies ; if then 
their uncircumcised hearts be 
humbled, and they then accept 
of the punishment of their in- 
iquity : 

42. Then will I remember my 
covenant with Jacob, and also 
my covenant with Isaac, and 
also my covenant with Abraham 
will I remember ; and I will re- 
member the land. 

Judges x, 15. And the children 
of Israel said unto the Lord, We 
have sinned: do thou unto us 
whatsoever seemeth good unto 
thee ; deliver us only, we pray 
thee, this day. 

Luke xv, 18. I will arise and go 
to my father, and will say unto 
him. Father, I have sinned against 
heaven, and before thee, 

19. And am no more worthy to 
be called thy son : make me as 
one of thy hired servants. 

Luke xviii, 13. And the publi- 
can, standing afar off, would not 
lift up so much as his eyes unto 
heaven, but smote upon his 
breast, saying, God be merciful tp 
me a sinner. 

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than the other : for every one 
that exalteth himself shall be 
abased ; and he tbat humbleth 
himself shall be exalted. 

Prov. XV, 33. The fear of the 
Lord is the instruction of wis- 
dom ; and before honor is hu- 
mility. 

MiCAH VI, 8. He hath shewed 
thee, man, what is good; and 
what doth the Lord require of 
thee, but to do justly, and to love 
mercy, and to walk humbly with 
thy God ? 

James iv, 6. But he giveth more 
grace. Wherefore he saith, God 
resisteth the proud, but giveth 
grace unto the humble. 

1 Pet. V, 5. Likewise, ye 
yoanger, submit yourselves unto 
the elder. Yea, all of you be 
subject one to another, and be 
clothed with humility : for God 
resisteth the proud, and giveth 
grace to the humble. 

6. Humble yourselves therefore 
under the mighty hand of God, 
that he may exalt you in due 
time. 

Matt, v, 3. Blessed are the poor 
in spirit : for theirs is the king- 
dom of heaven. 

Isaiah lvii, 15. For thus saith 
the high and lofty One that in- 
habiteth eternity, whose name is 
Holy ; I dwell in the high and 
holy place, with him also that is 
of a contrite and humble spirit, 
to revive the spirit of the hum- 
ble, and to revive the heart of 
the contrite ones. 

Psalm x, 17. Lord, thou hast 
heard the desire of the humble : 
thou wilt prepare their heart, 
thou wilt cause thine ear to 
hear. 

Psalm cxxxviii, 6. Though the 
Lord be high, yet hath he respect 
unto the lowly : but the proud he 
knoweth afar off. 

Prov. hi, 34. Surely he scorn- 
eth the scorners : but he giveth 
grace unto the lowly. 

Prov. xxit, 4. By humility and 
the fear of the Lord art riches, 
and honor, and life. 



Prov. xxix, 23. A man's pride 
shall bring him low: but honor 
shall uphold the humble in spirit. 

Acts xx, 18. And when they 
were come to him, he said unto 
them, Ye know, from the first 
day that I came into Asia, after 
what manner I have been with 
you at all seasons, 

19. Serving the Lord with all 
humility of mind, and with many 
tears, and temptations, which be- 
fell me by the lying in wait of the 
Jews. 

2 Sam. xxiv, 17. And David 
spake unto the Lord when he 
saw the angel that smote the 
people, and said, Lo, I have 
sinned, and I have done wick- 
edly : but these sheep, what have 
they done? let thine hand, I pray 
thee, be against me, and against 
my father's house. 

Luke xxiii, 40. But the other 
answering rebuked him, saying, 
Dost not thou fear God, seeing 
thou art in the same condemna- 
tion? 

41. And we indeed justly; for 
we receive the due reward of our 
deeds: but this man hath done 
nothing amiss. 

8. Temperance. 

(1.) Self-DeniaL 

Matt, xvi, 24. Then said Jesus 
unto his disciples. If any man- 
will come after me, let him deny 
himself, and take up his cross, 
and follow me. 

25. For whosoever will save his 
life shall lose it: and whosoever 
will lose his life for my sake shall 
find it. 

26. For what is a man profited, 
if he shall gain the whole world, 
and lose his own soul? or what 
shall a man give in exchange for 
his soul? 

Luke vi, 32. For if ye love them 
which love you, what thank have 
ye? for sinners also love those 
that love them. 

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have ye? for sinners also do even 
the same. 

34. And if ye lend to them of 
whom ye hope to receive, what 
thank have ye? for sinners also 
lend to sinners, to receive as 
much again. 

35. But love ye your enemies, 
and do good, and lend, hoping 
for nothing again; and your re- 
ward shall be great, and ye shall 
be the children of the Highest: 
for he is kind unto the unthank- 
ful and to the evil. 

EoM. XV, 1. We then that are 
strong ought to bear the infirmi- 
ties of the weak, and not to please 
ourselves. 

2. Let every one of us please 
his neighbor for his good to edi- 
fication. 

3. For even Christ pleased not 
himself; but, as it is written, 
The reproaches of them that re- 
proached thee fell on me. 

1 Cor. X, 24. Let no man seek 
his own, but every man another^s 
wealth. 

1 Cor. X, 33. Even as I please 
all men in all things, not seeking 
mine own profit, but the profit of 
many, that they may be saved. 

1 John hi, 16. Hereby perceive 
we the love of God, because he 
laid down his life for us: and we 
ought to lay down our lives for 
the brethren. 

Luke x, 33. But a certain Sa- 
maritan, as he journeyed, came 
where he was ; and when he saw 
him, he had compassion on him, 

34. And went to him, and bound 
up his wounds, pouring in oil and 
wine, and set him on his own 
beast, and brought him to an inn, 
and took care of him. 

EoM. IX, 1. I say the truth in 
Christ, I lie not, my conscience 
also bearing me witness in the 
Holy Ghost, 

2. That I have great heaviness 
and continual sorrow in my heart. 

3. For I could wish that myself 
were accursed from Christ for my 
orethren, my kinsmen according 
to the flesh. 



2 CoR. viii, 9. For ye know the 
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
that, though he was rich, yet for 
your sakes he became poor, that 
ye through his poverty might be 
rich. 

Lev. XXVI, 41. And that I also 
have walked contrary unto them, 
and have brought them into the 
land of their enemies; if then 
their uncircumcised hearts be 
humbled, and they then accept 
of the punishment of their in- 
iquity: 

42. Then will I remember my 
covenant with Jacob, and also 
my covenant with Isaac, and 
also my covenant with Abraham 
will I remember; and I will re- 
member the land. 

43. The land also shall be left 
of them, and shall enjoy her 
Sabbaths, while she lieth des- 
olate without them: and they 
shall accept of the punishment 
of their iniquity; because, even 
because they despised my judg- 
ments, and because their soul 
abhorred my statutes. 

Job XXIX, 12. Because I deliv- 
ered the poor that crieth, and the 
fatherless, and him that had none 
to help him. 

13. The blessing of him that 
was ready to perish came upon 
me: and I caused the widow's 
heart to sing for joy. 

(2.) Christian Moderation, 

1 CoR. IX, 25. And every man 
that striveth for the mastery is 
temperate in all things. Now 
they do it to obtain a corrupt- 
ible crown; but we an incor- 
ruptible. 

Gal. V, 22. But the fruit of the 
Spirit is love, joy, peace, long- 
sufi'ering, gentleness, goodness, 
faith, 

23. Meekness, temperance: 
against such there is no law. 

24. And they that are Christ's 
have crucified the flesh with the 
aff"ections and lusts. 

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faith virtue ; and to virtue knowl- 
edge; 

6. And to knowledge temper- 
ance; andto temperance patience; 
and to patieuce godliness. 

Prot. XXIII, 20. Be not among 
wine-bibbers; among riotous eat- 
ers of flesh. 

Prov. XXIII, 31. Look not thou 
upon the wine when it is red, 
when it giveth his color in 
the cup, when it moveth itself 
aright: 

32. At the last it biteth like 
a serpent, and stingeth like an 
adder. 

Isaiah v, 11. "Woe unto them 
that rise up early in the morn- 
ing, that they may follow strong 
drink; that continue until night, 
till wine inflame them 1 

Isaiah y, 22. Woe unto them 
that are mighty to drink wine, 
and men of strength to mingle 
strong drink ! 

Isaiah xxyiii, 1. "Woe to the 
crown of pride, to the drunk- 
ards of Ephraim, whose glorious 
beauty is a fading flower, which 
are on the head of the fat valleys 
of them that are overcome with 
winel 

EoM. xiii, 13. Let us walk hon- 
estly, as in the day ; not in rioting 
and drunkenness, not in chamber- 
ing and wantonness, not in strife 
and envying. 

1 Cor. VI, 10. I^or thieves, nor 
covetous, nor drunkards, nor re- 
vilers, nor extortioners, shall in- 
herit the kingdom of God. 

G-AL. V, 19. Now the works of 
the flesh are manifest; which are 
these; Adultery, fornication, un- 
cleanness, lasciviousness, 

20. Idolatry, witchcraft, ha- 
tred, variance, emulations, wrath, 
strife, seditions, heresies, 

21. Envyings, murders, drunk- 
enness, revelings, and such like: 
of the which I tell you before, as 
I have also told you in time past, 
that they which do such things 
Bhall not inherit the kingdom of 
God. 

Eph. V, 18. And be not drunk 



with wine, wherein is excess ; but 
be filled with the Spirit. 

Prov. vi, 27. Can a man take 
fire in his bosom, and his clothes 
not be burnt? 

Lax. i, 11. Then said Daniel to 
Melzar, whom the prince of the 
eunuchs had set over Daniel, 
Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, 

12. Prove thy servants, I be- 
seech thee, ten days; and let 
them give us pulse to eat, and 
water to drink. 

13. Then let our countenances 
be looked upon before thee, and 
the countenance of the children 
that eat of the portion of the 
king's meat: and as thou seest, 
deal with thy servants. 

14. So he consented to them in 
this matter, and proved them ten 
days. 

15. And at the end of ten days 
their countenances appeared fair- 
er and fatter in flesh than all the 
children which did eat the por- 
tion of the king's meat. 

16. Thus Melzar took away the 
portion of their meat, and the 
wine that they should drink; 
and gave them pulse. 

17. As for these four children, 
God gave them knowledge and 
skill in all learning and wisdom: 
and Daniel had understanding in 
all visions and dreams. 

18. !N"ow at the end of the days 
that the king had said he should 
bring them in, then the prince 
of the eunuchs brought them in 
before Nebuchadnezzar. 

19. And the king communed 
with them; and among them 
all was found none like Daniel, 
Hananiah, Mishael, and Aza- 
riah: therefore stood they before 
the king. 

20. And in all matters of wis- 
dom and understanding, that the 
king inquired of them, he found 
them ten times better than all 
the magicians and astrologers 
that were in all his realm. 

21. And Daniel continued even 
unto the first year of king Cyrus. 

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to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor 
any thing whereby thy brother 
stumbleth, or is offended, or is 
made weak. 

1 Cor. V, 11. But now I have 
written unto you not to keep 
company, if any man that is 
called a brother be a fornicator, 
or covetous, or an idolater, or a 
railer, or a drunkard, or an ex- 
tortioner: with such a one no not 
to eat. 

Lev. X, 8. And the Lord spake 
unto Aaron, saying, 

9. Do not drink wine nor strong 
drink, thou, nor thy sons with 
thee, when ye go into the taber- 
nacle of the congregation, lest ye 
die: it shall be a statute forever 
throughout your generations : 

10. And that ye may put dif- 
ference between holy and unholy, 
and between unclean and clean; 

11. And that ye may teach the 
children of Israel all the statutes 
which the Lord hath spoken unto 
them by the hand of Moses. 

Num. VI, 1. And the Lord spake 
unto Moses, saying, 

2. Speak unto the children of 
Israel, and say unto them. When 
either man or woman shall sepa- 
rate themselves to vow a vow of a 
Nazarite, to separate themselves 
unto the Lordj 

3. He shall separate himself 
from wine and strong drink, and 
shall drink no vinegar of wine, 
or vinegar of strong drink, nei- 
ther shall he drink any liquor of 
grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or 
dried. 

4. All the days of his separa- 
tion shall he eat nothing that is 
made of the vine-tree, Irom the 
kernels even to the husk. 

Prov. XXXI, 4. It is not for kings, 
Lemuel, it is not for kings to 
drink wine ; nor for princes strong 
drink: 

6. Lest they drink, and forget 
the law, and pervert the judg- 
ment of any of the afflicted. 

1 Thess. V, 22. Abstain from all 
appearance of evil. 

Prov. xxiii, 1. When thou sit- 



test to eat with a ruler, consider 
diligently what is before thee: 

2. And put a knife to thy throat, 
if thou be a man given to appetite. 

3. Be not desirous of his dain- 
ties: for they are deceitful meat. 

Luke xxi, 34. And take heed 
to yourselves, lest at any time 
your hearts be overcharged with 
surfeiting, and drunkenness, and 
cares of this life, and so that day 
come upon you unawares. 

1 CoR. VIII, 13. Wherefore, if 
meat make my brother to offend, 
I will eat no flesh while the world 
standeth, lest I make my brother 
to offend. 

(3.) Self- Government, 

Luke xiv, 26. If any man come 
to me, and hate not his father, 
and mother, and wife, and chil- 
dren, and brethren, and sisters, 
yea, and his own life also, he cau 
not be my disciple. 

Luke xiv, 33. So likewise, who- 
soever he be of you that forsaketh 
not all that he hath, he can not be 
my disciple. 

EoM. XV, 1. We then that are 
strong ought to bear the infirmi- 
ties of the weak, and not to please 
ourselves. 

2. Let every one of us please 
his neighbor for his good to edifi- 
cation. 

3. For even Christ pleased not 
himself; but, as it is written. 
The reproaches of them that re- 
proached thee fell on me. 

1 CoR. IX, 27. But I keep under 
my body, and bring it into sub- 
jection: lest that by any means, 
when I have preached to others, 
I myself should be a castaway. 

Prov. xvi, 32. He that is slow to 
anger is better than the mighty; 
and he that ruleth his spirit thau 
he that taketh a city. 

9. Faith. 

(1.) Belief in God's Word, 

RoM. IV, 20. For the invisible 
things of him from the creation 
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being understood by the things 
that are made, even his eternal 
power and Godhead; so that they 
are without excuse: 

21. Because that, when they 
knew God, they glorified him not 
as God, neither were thankful; 
but became vain in their imag- 
inations, and their foolish heart 
was darkened. 

Heb. XI, 7. By faith Xoah, be- 
ing warned of God of things not 
seen as yet, moved with fear, 
prepared an ark to the saving 
of his house; by the which he 
condemned the world, and be- 
came heir of the righteousness 
which is by faith. 

8. By faith Abraham, when he 
was called to go out into a place 
which he should after receive for 
an inheritance, obeyed; and he 
went out, not knowing whither 
he went. 

9. By faith he sojourned in the 
land of promise, as in a strange 
country, dwelling in tabernacles 
with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs 
with him of the same promise: 

10. For he looked for a city 
which hath foundations, whose 
builder and maker is God. 

11. Through faith also Sarah 
herself received strength to con- 
ceive seed, and was delivered of 
a child when she was past age, 
because she judged him faithful 
who had promised. 

12. Therefore sprang there even 
of one, and him as good as dead, 
so many as the stars of the sky 
in multitude, and as the sand 
which is by the seashore innu- 
merable. 

13. These all died in faith, not 
having received the promises, but 
having seen them afar off, and 
were persuaded of them, and em- 
braced them, and confessed that 
they were strangers and pilgrims 
on the earth. 

Heb. XI, 1. Xow faith is the 
substance of things hoped for, 
the evidence of things not seen. 

EoM. VI, 9. Knowing that Christ 
being raised from the dead dieth 



no more; death hath no more do- 
minion over him. 

10. For in that he died, he died 
unto sin once: but in that he liv- 
eth, he liveth unto God. 

11. Likewise reckon ye also 
yourselves to be. dead indeed 
unto sin, but alive unto God 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Heb. XI, 3. Through faith we 
understand that the worlds were 
framed by the Word of God, so 
that things which are seen were 
not made of things which do 
appear. 

Eoif . X, 17. But God be thanked, 
that ye were the servants of sin, 
but ye have obeyed from the heart 
that form of doctrine which was 
delivered you. 

EoM. IV, 5. But to him that 
worketh not, but believeth on 
him that justifieth the ungodly, 
his faith is counted for right- 
eousness. 

Heb. XI, 6. But without faith it 
is impossible to please him: for 
he that conieth to God must be- 
lieve that he is, and that he is a 
rewarder of them that diligently 
seek him. 

Heb. X, 23. Let us hold fast the 
profession of our faith without 
wavering; for he is faithful that 
promised. 

2 Tim. i, 13. Hold fast the form 
of sound words, which thou hast 
heard of me, in faith and love 
which is in Christ Jesus. 

Gal. II, 20. I am crucified with 
Christ: nevertheless I live; yet 
not I, but Christ liveth in me: 
and the life which I now live in 
the flesh I live by the faith of the 
Son of God, who loved me, and 
gave himself lor me. 

Gal. Ill, 22. But the Scripture 
hath concluded all under sin, 
that the promise by faith in 
Jesus Christ might be given to 
them that believe. 

Gal. Ill, 26. For ye are all the 
children of God by faith in Christ 
Jesus. 

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Gentiles through Jesus Christ; 
that we might receive the prom- 
ise of the Spirit through faith. 

Phil, hi, 9. And be found in 
him, not having mine own right- 
eousness, which is of the law, but 
that which is through the faith of 
Christ, the righteousness which is 
of God by faith. 

Luke xxii, 32. But I have 
prayed for thee, that thy faith 
fail not: and when thou art con- 
verted, strengthen thy brethren. 

(2.) Trust in God. 

1 Tim. 1, 18. This charge I com- 
mit unto thee, son Timothy, ac- 
cording to the prophecies which 
went before on thee, that thou by 
them mightest war a good war- 
fare; 

19. Holding faith, and a good 
conscience; which some having 
put away, concerning faith have 
made shipwreck. 

1 Tim. VI, 12. Fight the good 
fight of faith, lay hold on eter- 
nal life, w^hereunto thou art also 
called, and hast professed a good 
profession before many witnesses. 

1 Thess. II, 13. For this cause 
also thank we God without ceas- 
ing, because, when ye received 
the Word of God w^hich ye heard 
of us, ye received it not as the 
word of men, but, as it is in truth, 
the Word of God, which eflectually 
worketh also in you that believe. 

Heb. IV, 2. For unto us was the 
Gospel preached, as well as unto 
them : but the Word preached did 
not profit them, not being mixed 
with faith in them that heard it. 

Rom. IV, 16. Therefore it is of 
faith, that it might be by grace; 
to the end the promise might be 
sure to all the seed; not to that 
only which is of the law, but to 
that also which is of the faith 
of Abraham, who is the father 
of us all. 

Heb. VI, 12. That ye be not 
slothful, but followers of them 
who through faith and patience 
inherit the promises. 

EoM. V, 2. By whom also we 



have access by faith into this 
grace wherein we stand, and re- 
joice in hope of the glory of God. 

Eph. Ill, 12. And the law is not 
of faith : but, The man that doeth 
them shall live in them. 

Gal. Ill, 26. For ye are all the 
children of God by faith in Christ 
Jesus. 

John i, 12. But as many as 
received him, to them gave he 
power to become the sons of God, 
even to them that believe on his 
name. 

Gal. V, 6. For in Jesus Christ 
neither circumcision availeth any 
thing, nor uncircumcision ; but 
faith which worketh by love. 

Acts xvi, 34. And when he had 
brought them into his house, he 
set meat before them, and re- 
joiced, believing in God, with all 
his house. 

RoM. XV, 13. Now the God of 
hope fill you with all joy and 
peace in believing, that ye may 
abound in hope, through the 
power of the Holy Ghost. 

Isaiah xxviii, 16. Therefore 
thus saith the Lord God, Behold, 
I lay in Zion for a foundation a 
stone, a tried stone, a precious 
corner-stone, a sure foundation: 
he that believeth shall not make 
haste. 

1 Peter ii, 6. Wherefore also it 
is contained in the Scripture, Be- 
hold, I lay in Sion a chief corner- 
stone, elect, precious : and he that 
believeth on him shall not be con- 
founded. 

7. Unto you therefore which 
believe he is precious: but unto 
them which be disobedient, the 
stone which the builders disal- 
lowed, the same is made the 
head of the corner. 

Eph. Ill, 17. That Christ may 
dwell in your hearts by faith ; that 
ye, being rooted and grounded in 
love. 

Matt, xxi, 22. And all things, 
Avhatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, 
believing, ye shall receive. 

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not I, but Christ liveth in me: 
and the life which I now live in 
the flesh I live by the faith of the 
Son of God, who loved me, and 
gave himself for me. 

Rom. XI, 20. Well; because of 
unbelief they were broken off, 
and thou standest by faith. Be 
not high-minded, but fear. 

2 Cor. i, 24. Not for that we 
have dominion over your faith, 
but are helpers of your joy : for 
by faith ye stand. 

EoM. IV, 12. And the father of 
circumcision to them who are not 
of the circumcision only, but who 
also walk in the steps of that faith 
of our father Abraham, which he 
had being yet uncircumcised. 

2 Cor. v, 7. (For we walk by 
faith, not by sight.) 

Heb. XI, 2. For by it the elders- 
obtained a good report. 

1 John v, 4. For whatsoever is 
born of God o vercometh the world : 
and this is the victory that over- 
cometh the world, even our faith. 

6. Who is he that overcometh 
the world, but he that believeth 
that Jesus is the Son of God? 

1 Pet. V, 9. Whom resist stead- 
fast in the faith, knowing that the 
same afflictions are accomplished 
in your brethren that are in the 
world. 

Eph. VI, 16. Above all, taking 
the shield of faith wherewith ye 
shall be able to quench all the 
fiery darts of the wicked. 

Psalm xxvii, 13. I had fainted, 
unless I had believed to see the 
goodness of the Lord in the land 
of the living. 

1 Tim. IV, 10. For therefore we 
both labor and suffer reproach, 
because we trust in the living 
God, who is the Savior of all men, 
especially of those that believe. 

Acts vi, 5. And the saying 
pleased the whole multitude : and 
they chose Stephen, a man full 
of faith and of the Holy Ghost, 
and Philip, and Prochorus, and 
Nicanor, and Timon, and Par- 
menas, and Nicolas, a proselyte 
of Autioch. 



Acts xi, 24. For he was a good 
man, and full of the Holy Ghost 
and of faith : and much people 
was added unto the Lord. 

1 Tim. i, 5. Now the end of the 
commandment is charity, out of 
a pure heart, and of a good con- 
science, and of faith unfeigned. 

2 CoR. VIII, 7. Therefore, as ye 
abound in every thing, in faith, 
and utterance, and knowledge, 
and in all diligence, and in your 
love to us, see that ye abound in 
this grace also. 

Acts xiv, 22. Confirming the 
souls of the disciples, and exhort- 
ing them to continue in the faith, 
and that we must through much 
tribulation enter into the kingdom 
of God. 

Col. i, 23. If ye continue in 
the faith grounded and settled, 
and be not moved away from the 
hope of the Gospel, which ye 
have heard, and which was 
preached to every creature which 
is under heaven ; whereof I, Paul, 
am made a minister. 

RoM. IV, 20. He staggered not 
at the promise of God through un- 
belief; but was strong in faith, 
giving glory to God. 

1 Cor. XVI, 13. Watch ye, stand 
fast in the faith, quit you like 
men, be strong. 

1 Tim. I, 19. Holding faith, and 
a good conscience; which some 
having put away, concerning 
faith have made shipwreck. 

Luke xvii, 5. And the apostles 
said unto the Lord, Increase our 
faith. 

2 Tim. i, 12. For the which 
cause I also suffer these things : 
nevertheless I am not ashamed : 
for I know whom I have believed, 
and I am persuaded that he is 
able to keep that which I have 
committed unto him against that 
day. 

Heb. X, 22. Let us draw near 
with a true heart, in full assur- 
ance of faith, having our hearts 
sprinkled from an evil conscience, 
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James ii, 18. Yea, a man may 
say, Thou hast faith, and I have 
works : show me thy faith with- 
out thy works, and I will show 
thee my laith by my works. 

19. Thou believest that there is 
one God ; thou doest well : the 
devils also believe, and tremble. 

20. But wilt thou know, vain 
man, that faith without works is 
dead? 

21. Was not Abraham our father 
justified by works, when he had 
offered Isaac his son upon the 
altar ? 

22. Seest thou how faith 
wrought with his works, and by 
works was faith made perfect? 

23. And the Scripture was ful- 
filled which saith, Abraham be- 
lieved God, and it was imputed 
unto him for righteousness : and 
he was called the Friend of God. 

24. Ye see then how that by 
works a man is justified, and not 
by faith only. 

25. Likewise also was not Ra- 
hab the harlot justified by works, 
when she had received the mes- 
sengers, and had sent them out 
another way? 

2Q. For as the body without the 
spirit is dead, so faith without 
works is dead also. 

Matt, xvir, 20. And Jesus said 
unto them. Because of your un- 
belief: for verily I say unto you. 
If ye have faith as a grain of 
mustard seed, ye shall say unto 
this mountain. Remove hence to 
yonder place ; and it shall re- 
move : and nothing shall be im- 
possible unto you. 

Matt, xxi, 21. Jesus answered 
and said unto them, Verily I say 
unto you, If ye have faith, and 
doubt not, ye shall not only do 
this which is done to the fig-tree, 
but also if ye shall say unto this 
mountain. Be thou removed, and 
be thou cast into the sea; it shall 
be done. 

Mark ix, 23. Jesus said unto 
him. If ihou canst believe, all 
things are possible to him that 
believeth. 



1 Pet. I, 6. Wherein ye greatly 
rejoice, though now for a season, 
if need be, ye are in heaviness 
through manifold temptations : 

7. That the trial of your faith, 
being much more precious than 
of gold that perisheth, though it 
be tried with fire, might be found 
unto praise, and honor, and glory 
at the appearing of Jesus Christ. 

(3.) Faith exemplified. 

Num. XIII, 30. And Caleb stilled 
the people before Moses, and said, 
Let us go up at once, and possess 
it; for we are well able to over- 
come it. 

Job XIX, 25. For 1 know that 
my Redeemer liveth, and that he 
shall stand at the latter day upon 
the earth : 

26. And though after my skin 
worms destroy this body, yet in 
my flesh shall I see God : 

27. Whom I shall see for my- 
self, and mine eyes shall behold, 
and not another ; though my reins 
be consumed within me. 

Dan. Ill, 17. If it be so, our God 
whom we serve is able to deliver 
us from the burning fiery furnace, 
and he will deliver us out of thine 
hand, king. 

Dan. VI, 10. Now when Daniel 
knew that the writing was signed, 
he went into his house; and, his 
windows being open in his cham- 
ber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled 
upon his knees three times a day, 
and prayed, and gave thanks 
before his God, as he did afore- 
time. 

11. Then these men assembled, 
and found Daniel praying and 
making supplication before his 
God. 

12. Then they came near, and 
spake before the king concerning 
the king^s decree; Hast thou not 
signed a decree, that every man 
that shall ask a petition of any 
god or man within thirty days, 
save of thee, king, shall be cast 
into the den of lions? The king 
answered and said, The thing is 
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Medes and Persians, which alter- 
eth not. 

13. Then answered they and 
said before the king, That Daniel, 
which is of the children of the 
captivity of Judah, regardeth not 
thee, king, nor the decree that 
thou hast signed, but makelh his 
petition three times a day. 

14. Then the king, when he 
heard these words, was sore dis- 
pleased with himself, and set his 
heart on Daniel to deliver him : 
and he labored till the going down 
of the sun to deliver him. 

15. Then these men assembled 
unto the king, and said unto the 
king, Know, king, that the law 
of the Medes and Persians is. 
That no decree nor statute which 
the king establisheth may be 
changed. 

16. Then the king commanded, 
and they brought Daniel, and 
cast him into the den of lions. 
Now the king spake and said unto 
Daniel, Thy God whom thou serv- 
est continually, he will deliver 
thee. 

17. And a stone was brought, 
and laid upon the mouth of the 
den ; and the king sealed it with 
his own signet, and with the sig- 
net of his lords ; that the purpose 
might not be changed concerning 
Daniel. 

18. Then the king went to his 
palace, and passed the night fast- 
ing : neither were instruments of 
music brought before him : and 
his sleep went from him. 

19. Then the king arose very 
early in the morning, and went 
in haste unto the den of lions. 

20. And when he came to the 
den, he cried with a lamentable 
voice unto Daniel: and the king 
spake and said to Daniel, Dan- 
iel, servant of the living God, is 
thy God, whom thou servest con- 
tinually, able to deliver thee from 
the lions ? 

21. Then said Daniel unto the 
king, king, live ibrever. 

22. My God hath sent his an- 
gel, and hath shut the lions' 



mouths, that they "have not hurt 
me: forasmuch as before him in- 
nocency was found in me; and 
also before thee, king, have I 
done no hurt. 

23. Then was the king exceed- 
ingly glad for him, and com- 
manded that they should take 
Daniel up out of the den. So 
Daniel was taken up out of the 
den, and no manner of hurt was 
found upon him, because he be- 
lieved in his God. 

Matt, xvi, 16. And Simon Peter 
answered and said, Thou art the 
Christ, the Son of the living God. 

Luke vii, 50. And he said to 
the woman. Thy faith hath saved 
thee ; go in peace. 

John i, 49. JSTathanael answered 
and saith unto him, Eabbi, thou 
art the Son of God ; thou art the 
King of Israel. 

John xi, 27. She saith unto 
him. Yea, Lord : I believe that 
thou art the Christ, the Son of 
God, which should come into the 
world. 

John xvi, 30. Now are we sure 
that thou knowest all things, and 
needest not that any man should 
ask thee : by this we believe that 
thou camest forth from God. 

John xx, 28. And Thomas an- 
swered and said unto him, My 
Lord and my God. 

Acts vi, 5. And the saying 
pleased the whole multitude : and 
they chose Stephen, a man full 
of faith and of the Holy Ghost, 
and Philip, and Prochorus, and 
Nicanor, and Timon, and Par- 
menas, and Nicolas, a proselyte 
of Antioch. 

Acts vi, 7. And the Word of 
God increased ; and the number 
of the disciples multiplied in 
Jerusalem greatly ; and a great 
company of the priests were obe- 
dient to the faith. 

Acts viii, 37. And Philip said, 
If thou believest with all thine 
heart, thou mayest. And he an- 
swered and said, I believe that 
Jesus Christ is the Son of God. 

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man, and full of the Holy Ghost 
and of faith : and much people 
was added unto the Lord. 

Acts xiii, 12. Then the deputy, 
when he saw what was done, be- 
lieved, being astonished at the 
doctrine of the Lord. 

Acts xvi, 31. And they said, 
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, 
and thou shalt be saved, and thy 
house. 

32. And they spake unto him 
the Word of the Lord, and to all 
that were in his house. 

33. And he took them the same 
hour of the night, and washed 
their stripes ; and was baptized, 
he and all his, straightway. 

34. And when he had brought 
them into his house, he set meat 
before them, and rejoiced, believ- 
ing in God with all his house. 

RoM. I, 8. First, I thank my 
God through Jesus Christ for you 
all, that your faith is spoken of 
throughout the whole world. 

Col. I, 4. Since we heard of 
your faith in Christ Jesus, and of 
the love which ye have to all the 
saints. 

1 Thess. I, 3. Remembering 
without ceasing your work of 
faith, and labor of love, and pa- 
tience of hope in our Lord Jesus 
Christ, in the sight of God and 
our Father. 

2 Tim. i, 5. When I call to re- 
membrance the unfeigned faith 
that is in thee, which dwelt first 
in thy grandmother Lois, and thy 
mother Eunice ; and I am per- 
suaded that in thee also. 

2 Tim. iv, 7. I have fought a 
good fight, I have finished my 
course, I have kept the faith. 

Heb. XI, 1. Now faith is the 
substance of things hoped for, the 
evidence of things not seen. 

2. For by it the elders obtained 
a good report. 

3. Through faith we understand 
that the worlds were framed by 
the Word of God, so that things 
which are seen were not made of 
things which do appear. 

4. By faith Abel offered unto 



God a more excellent sacrifice than 
Cain, by which he obtained wit- 
ness that he was righteous, God 
testifying of his gifts : and by it 
he being dead yet speaketh. 

5. By faith Enoch was trans- 
lated that he should not see death ; 
and was not found, because God 
had translated him : for before 
his translation he had this testi- 
mony, that he pleased God. 

6. But without faith it is impos- 
sible to please him : for he that 
cometh to God must believe that 
he is, and that he is a rewarder 
of them that diligently seek him. 

7. By faith Noah, being warned 
of God of things not seen as yet, 
moved with fear, prepared an ark 
to the saving of his house ; by 
the which he condemned the 
world, and became heir of the 
righteousness which is by faith. 

8. By faith Abraham, when he 
was called to go out into a place 
which he should after receive for 
an inheritance, obeyed; and he 
went out, not knowing whither he 
went. 

9. By faith he sojourned in the 
land of promise, as in a strange 
country, dwelling in tabernacles 
with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs 
with him of the same promise : 

10. For he looked for a city 
which hath foundations, whose 
builder and maker is God. 

11. Through faith also Sarah 
herself received strength to con- 
ceive seed, and was delivered of 
a child when she was past age, 
because she judged him faithful 
who had promised. 

12. Therefore sprang there even 
of one, and him as good as dead, 
so many as the stars of the sky in 
multitude, and as the sand wliich 
is by the sea-shore innumerable. 

13. These all died in faith, not 
having received the promises, but 
having seen them afar off, and 
were persuaded of them, and em- 
braced them, and confessed that 
they were strangers and pilgrims 
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things declare plainly that they 
seek a country. 

15. And truly, if they had been 
mindful of that country from 
whence they came out, they 
naight have had opportunity to 
have returned. 

16. But now they desire a bet- 
ter country, that is, a heavenly : 
wherefore Gt)d is not ashamed to 
be called their God : for he hath 
prepared for them a city. 

17. By faith Abraham, when he 
was tried, offered up Isaac : and 
he that had received the promises 
offered up his only begotten son, 

18. Of whom it was said. That 
in Isaac shall thy seed be called : 

19. Accounting that God was 
able to raise him up, even from 
the dead : from whence also he 
received him in a figure. 

20. By faith Isaac blessed Jacob 
and Esau concerning things to 
come. 

21. By faith Jacob, when he 
was a dying, blessed both the 
sons of Joseph; and worshiped, 
leaning upon the top of his staff. 

22. By faith Joseph, when he 
died, made mention of the depart- 
ing of the children of Israel ; and 
gave commandment concerning 
his bones. 

23. By faith Moses, when he 
was born, was hid three months 
of his parents, because they saw 
he was a proper child ,• and they 
were not afraid of the king's 
commandment. 

24. By faith Moses, when he was 
come to years, refused to be called 
the son of Pharaoh's daughter ; 

25. Choosing rather to suffer 
affliction with the people of God, 
than to enjoy the pleasures of sin 
for a season ; 

26. Esteeming the reproach of 
Christ greater riches than the 
treasures in Egypt: for he had 
respect unto the recompense of 
the reward. 

27. By faith he forsook Egypt, 
not fearing the wrath of the 
king : for he endured, as seeing 
him who is invisible. 



28. Through faith he kept the 
passover, and the sprinkling of 
blood, lest he that destroyed the 
first-born should touch them. 

29. By faith they passed through 
the Red Sea as by dry land : 
which the Egyptians assaying to 
do were drowned. 

30. By faith the walls of Jeri- 
cho fell down, after they were 
compassed about seven days. 

31. By faith the harlot Rahab 
perished not with them that be- 
lieved not, when she had received 
the spies with peace. 

32. And what shall I more say ? 
for the time would fail me to tell 
of Gideon, and of Barak, and of 
Samson, and of Jephthah ', of 
David also, and Samuel, and 
of the prophets : 

33. Who through faith subdued 
kingdoms, wrought righteousness, 
obtained promises, stopped the 
mouths of lions, 

34. Quenched the violence of 
fire, escaped the edge of the 
sword, out of weakness were 
made strong, waxed valiant in 
fight, turned to flight the armies 
of the aliens. 

35. Women received their dead 
raised to life again: and others 
were tortured, not accepting de- 
liverance ; that they might obtain 
a better resurrection : 

36. And others had trial of 
cruel mockings and scourgings, 
yea, moreover of bonds and im- 
prisonment : 

37. They were stoned, they 
were sawn asunder, were tempted, 
were slain with the sword : they 
wandered about in sheepskins 
and goatskins ; being destitute, 
afflicted, tormented ,• 

38. Of whom the world was not 
worthy : they wandered in des- 
erts, and in mountains, and in 
dens and caves of the earth. 

39. And these all, having ob- 
tained a good report through 
faith, received not the promise: 

40. God having provided some 
better thing for us, that they with- 
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CHAPTER IV, 

RELATIVE DUTIES OF CHRISTIANS TOWARD EACH 

OTHER. 



I. To Love one Another. 

Rom. XIII, 8. Owe no man any 
thing, but to love one another : 
for he that loveth another hath 
fulfilled the law. 

9, For this, Thou shalt not 
commit adultery, Thou shalt not 
kill, Thou shalt not steal. Thou 
shalt not bear false witness. Thou 
shalt not covet ; and if there be 
any other commandment, it is 
briefly comprehended in this say- 
ing, namely, Thou shalt love thy 
neighbor as thyself. 

10. Love worketh no ill to his 
neighbor : therefore love is the 
fulfilling of the law. 

Col. Ill, 14. And above all these 
things put on charity, which is 
the bond of perfectness. 

1 Thess. Ill, 12. And the Lord 
make you to increase and abound 
in love, one toward another, and 
toward all men, even as we do 
toward you. 

1 Cor. XIII, 1. Though I speak 
with the tongues of men and of 
angels, and have not charity, I 
am become as sounding brass, or 
a tinkling cymbal. 

2. And though I have the gift 
of prophecy, and understand all 
mysteries, and all knowledge; 
and though I have all faith, so 
that I could remove mountains, 
and have not charity, I am 
nothing. 

Gal. V, 13. For, brethren, ye 
have been called unto liberty ; 
only use not liberty for an occa- 
sion to the flesh, but by love 
serve one another. 

14. For all law is fulfilled in 
one word, even in this j Thou 



shalt love thy neighbor as thy- 
self. 

James ii, 8. If ye fulfill the 
royal law according to the Scrip- 
ture, Thou shalt love thy neigh- 
bor as thyself, ye do well : 

9. But if ye have respect to 
persons, ye commit sin, and are 
convinced of the law as trans- 
gressors. 

1 Pet. IV, 8. And above all 
things have fervent charity 
among yourselves : for charity 
shall cover the multitude of 
sins. 

Matt, vii, 12. Therefore all 
things whatsoever ye would that 
men should do to you, do ye even 
so to them : for this is the law and 
the prophets. 

Matt, xxii, 39. And the second 
is like unto it, Thou shalt love 
thy neighbor as thyself. 

EoM. XV, 1. We then that are 
strong ought to bear the infirmi- 
ties of the weak, and not to please 
ourselves, 

2. Let every one of us please 
his neighbor for his good to edifi- 
cation. 

3. For even Christ pleased not 
himself; but, as it is written, 
The reproaches of them that re- 
proached thee fell on me. 

1 CoR. X, 33. Give none off'ense, 
neither to the Jews, nor to the 
Gentiles, nor to the Church of 
God: 

33. Even as I please all men in 
all things, not seeking mine own 
profit, but the profit of many, 
that they may be saved. 

1 John hi, 16. Hereby perceive 
we the love of God, because he 
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ought to lay down our lives for 
the brethren. 

Luke x, 33. But a certain Sa- 
maritan, as he journeyed, came 
where he was ; and when he saw 
him, he had compassion on him, 

34. And went to him, and bound 
up his wounds, pouring in oil and 
wine, and set him on his own 
beast, and brought him to an inn, 
and took care of him. 

2. To Live in Peace. 

Matt, v, 9. Blessed are the 
peacemakers : for they shall be 
called the children of God. 

Bom. xit, 10. Be kindly affec- 
tioned one to another with broth- 
erly love ; in honor preferring one 
another. 

RoM. XIV, 19. Let us therefore 
follow after the things which make 
for peace, and things wherewith 
one may edify another. 

1 Cor. VII, 15. But if the un- 
believing depart, let him depart. 
A brother or a sister is not under 
bondage in such cases: but God 
hath called us to peace. 

2 CoR. XIII, 11. Finally, bretli- 
ren, farewell. Be perfect, be of 
good comfort, be of one mind, 
live in peace; and the God of 
love and peace shall be with 
you. 

Gal. V, 22. But the fruit of the 
Spirit is love, joy, peace, long- 
suffering, gentleness, goodness, 
faith, 

23. Meekness, temperance: 
against such there is no law. 

Eph. IV, 1. I therefore, the 
prisoner of the Lord, beseech 
you that ye walk worthy of the 
vocation wherewith ye are called, 

2. With all lowliness and meek- 
ness, with long-suffering, forbear- 
ing one another in love; 

3. Endeavoring to keep the 
unity of^ the Spirit in the bond 
of peace. 

Eph. IV, 32. And be ye kind 
one to another, tender-hearted, 
forgiving one another, even as 
God for Christ's sake hath for- 
given you. 



Phil. II, 14. Do all things with- 
out murmurings and disputings: 

15. That ye may be blameless 
and harmless, the sons of God, 
without rebuke, in the midst of 
a crooked and perverse nation, 
among whom ye shine as lights 
in the world. 

CoL. Ill, 8. But now ye also put 
off all these; anger, wrath, mal- 
ice, blasphemy, filthy communi- 
cation out of your mouth. 

9. Lie not one to another, see- 
ing that ye have put off the old 
man with his deeds. 

1 Thess. II, 7. But we were gen- 
tle among you, even as a nurse 
cherisheth her children. 

2 Tim. ii, 24. And the servant 
of the Lord must not strive; but 
be gentle unto all men, apt to 
teach, patient. 

Heb. XII, 14. Follow peace with 
all men, and holiness, without 
which no man shall see the 
Lord. 

James hi, 17. But the wisdom 
that is from above is first pure, 
then peaceable, gentle, and easy 
to be entreated, full of mercy and 
good fruits, without partiality, 
and without hypocrisy. 

1 Pet. Ill, 10. For he that will 
love life, and see good days, let 
him refrain his tongue from evil, 
and his lips that they speak no 
guile: 

11. Let him eschew evil, and 
do good ; let him seek peace, and 
ensue it. 

3. Christian Forbearance. 

Prov. XIX, 11. The discretion 
of a man deferreth his anger; 
and it is his glory to pass over a 
transgression. 

1 CoR. XIII, 4. Charity suflfereth 
long, and is kind; charity envi- 
eth not; charity vaunteth not 
itself, is not puffed up, 

5. Doth not behave itself un- 
seemly, seeketh not her own, is 
not easily provoked, thinketh no 
evil. 

Eph. IV, 1. I therefore, the 
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that ye walk worthy of the voca- 
tion wherewith ye are called, 

2. With all lowliness and meek- 
ness, with long- suffering, forbear- 
ing one another in love. 

1 Pet. II, 18. Servants, be sub- 
ject to your masters with all fear, 
not only to the good and gentle, 
but also to the froward. 

19. For this is thankworthy, if 
a man for conscience toward God 
endure grief, suffering wrong- 
fully. 

20. For what glory is it, if, 
when ye be buffeted for your 
faults, ye shall take it patiently ? 
but if, when ye do well, and suf- 
fer for it, ye take it patiently, this 
is acceptable with God. 

21. For even hereunto were ye 
called : because Christ also suf- 
fered for us, leaving us an ex- 
ample, that ye should follow his 
steps. 

1 Pet. II, 23. Who, when he 
was reviled, reviled not again : 
when he suff'ered, he threatened 
not; but committed himself to 
him that judgeth righteously. 

1 Pet. Ill, 8. Finally, be ye all 
of one mind, having compassion 
one of another; love as breth- 
ren, be pitiful, be courteous : 

9. Not rendering evil for evil, 
or railing for railing : but contra- 
riwise blessing ; knowing that ye 
are thereunto called, that ye 
should inherit a blessing. 

4. Duty to Forgive One An- 
other. 

Matt, vi, 12. And forgive us 
our debts, as we forgive our 
debtors. 

Matt, vi, 14. For if ye forgive 
men their trespasses, your heav- 
enly Father will also forgive you : 

15. But if ye forgive not men 
their trespasses, neither will your 
Father forgive your trespasses. 

Matt, xviii, 21. Then came 
Peter to him, and said. Lord, how 
oft shall my brother sin against 
me, and I forgive him ? till seven 
times? 

22. Jesus saith unto him, I say 



not unto thee, Until seven times : 
but. Until seventy times seven. 

Matt, xviii, 33. Shouldest not 
thou also have had compassion on 
thy fellow-servant, even as I had 
pity on thee ? 

34. And his lord was wroth, and 
delivered him to the tormentors, 
till he should pay all that was 
due unto him. 

35. So likewise shall my heav- 
enly Father do also unto you, if 
ye from your hearts forgive not 
every one his brother their tres- 
passes. 

Luke vi, 37. Judge not, and ye 
shall not be judged: condemn 
not, and ye shall not be con- 
demned : forgive, and ye shall be 
forgiven. 

Luke xvii, 3. Take heed to 
yourselves : If thy brother tres- 
pass against thee, rebuke him; 
and if he repent, forgive him. 

4. And if he trespass against 
thee seven times in a day, and 
seven times in a day turn again 
to thee, saying, I repent ; thou 
shalt forgive him. 

Eph. IV, 32. And be ye kind 
one to another, tender-hearted, 
forgiving one another, even as 
God for Christ's sake hath for- 
given you. 

CoL. Ill, 12. Put on therefore, 
as the elect of God, holy and be- 
loved, bowels of mercies, kind- 
ness, humbleness of mind, meek- 
ness, long-suffering ; 

13. Forbearing one another, and 
forgiving one another, if any man 
have a quarrel against any : even 
as Christ forgave you, so also do 
ye. 

5. True Friendship. 

Prov. xviii, 24. A man that 
hath friends must show himself 
friendly : and there is a friend 
that sticketh closer than a brother. 

Prov. xvii, 17. A friend loveth 
at all times, and a brother is born 
for adversity. 

2 Sam. i, 26. I am distressed 
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unto me : thy love to me was 
wonderful, passing the love of 
woman. 

Prov. XXVII, 9. Ointment and 
perfume rejoice the heart : so doth 
the sweetness of a man's friend 
by hearty counsel. 

6. To BE Benevolent. 

Job XXIX, 12. Because I deliv- 
ered the poor that cried, and the 
fatherless, and him that had none 
to help him. 

13. The blessing of him that 
was ready to perish came upon 
me: and I caused the widow's 
heart to sing for joy. 

Acts ii, 44. And all that be- 
lieved were together, and had all 
things common. 

Acts iv, 34. Xeither was there 
any among them that lacked : for 
as many as were possessors of 
lands or houses sold them, and 
brought the prices of the things 
that were sold, 

35. And laid them down at the 
apostles' feet: and distribution 
was made unto every man ac- 
cording as he had need. 

Matt, x, 8. Heal the sick, 
cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, 
cast out devils : freely ye have 
received, freely give. 

EccL. XI, 1. Cast thy bread 
upon the waters : for thou shalt 
find it after many days. 

2. Give a portion to seven, and 
also to eight ; for thou knowest 
not what evil shall be upon the 
earth. 

Luke hi, 11. He answereth and 
saith unto them. He that hath 
two coats, let him impart to him 
that hath none ; and he that hath 
meat, let him do likewise. 

Luke xii, 33. Sell that ye have, 
and give alms; provide your- 
selves bags which wax not old, a 
treasure in the heavens that fail- 
eth not, where no thief approach- 
eth, neither moth corrupteth. 

34. For where your treasure is, 
there will your heart be also. 

Acts xx, 35. I have showed 
you all things, how that so 



laboring ye ought to support the 
weak, and to remember the words 
of the Lord Jesus, how he said. It 
is more blessed to give than to 
receive. 

2 CoR. viii, 7. Therefore, as ye 
abound in every thing, in faith, 
and utterance, and knowledge, 
and in all diligence, and in your 
love to us, see that ye abound in 
this grace also. 

Gal. VI, 9. And, ye masters, do 
the same things unto them, for- 
bearing threatening : knowing 
that your Master also is in 
heaven ,• neither is there respect 
of persons with him. 

10. Finally, my brethren, be 
strong in the Lord, and in the 
power of his might. 

Heb. XIII, 16. But to do good 
and to communicate forget not : 
for with such sacrifices God is 
well pleased. 

1 TiM. VI, 17. Charge them that 
are rich in this world, that they 
be not high-minded, nor trust in 
uncertain riches, but in the living 
God, who giveth us richly all 
things to enjoy ; 

18. That they do good, that 
they be rich in good works, ready 
to distribute, willing to communi- 
cate ; 

19. Laying up in store for 
themselves a good foundation 
against the time to come, that 
they may lay hold on eternal 
life. 

7. Liberality Rewarded. 

Psalm xxxvii, 3. Trust in the 
Lord, and do good ; so shalt thou 
dwell in the land, and verily thou 
shalt be fed. 

Psalm xxxvii, 25. I have been 
young, and now am old ; yet have 
I not seen the righteous forsaken, 
nor his seed begging bread. 

2d. He is ever merciful, and 
lendeth ; and his seed is blessed. 

Psalm cxii, 5. A good man 
showeth favor, and lendeth: he 
will guide his aff^airs with dis- 
cretion. 

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forever : the righteous shall be in 
everlasting remembrance. 

Prov. Ill, 9. Honor the Lord 
with thy substance, and with the 
first-fruits of all thine increase: 

10. So shall thy barns be filled 
with plenty, and thy presses shall 
burst out with new wine. 

Prov. xi, 24. There is that scat- 
tereth, ond yet increaseth ; and 
there is that withholdeth more 
than is meet, but it tendeth to 
poverty. 

25. The liberal soul shall be 
made fat : and he that watereth 
shall be watered also himself. 

Prov. xiii, 7. There is that 
maketh himself rich, yet hath 
nothing; there is that maketh 
himself poor, yet hath great 
riches. 

Isaiah xxxii, 8. But the liberal 
deviseth liberal things ; and by 
liberal things shall he stand. 

Mal. Ill, 9. Ye are cursed with 
a curse : for ye have robbed me, 
even this whole nation. 

10. Bring ye all the tithes into 
the storehouse, that there may be 
meat in my house, and prove me 
now herewith, saith the Lord of 
hosts, if I will not open the win- 
dows of heaven, and pour you out 
a blessing, and there shall not be 
room enough to receive it. 

11. And I will rebuke the de- 
vourer for your sakes, and he 
shall not destroy the fruits of 
your ground; neither shall your 
vine cast her fruit before the 
time in the field, saith the Lord 
of hosts. 

12. And all nations shall call 
you blessed : for ye shall be a de- 
lightsome land, saith the Lord of 
hosts. 

Luke vi, 38. Give, and it shall 
be given unto you; good measure, 
pressed down, and shaken to- 
gether, and running over, shall 
men give into your bosom. For 
with the same measure that ye 
mete withal, it shall be measured 
to you again. 

2 Cor. ix, 6. But this I say. He 
which soweth sparingly shall 



reap also sparingly ; and he 
which soweth bountifully shall 
reap also bountifully. 

7. Every man according as he 
purposeth in his heart, so let him 
give; not grudgingly, or of ne- 
cessity : for God loveth a cheerful 
giver. 

8. And God is able to make all 
grace abound toward you ; that 
ye, always having all sufiiciency 
in all things, may abound to 
every good work. 

Lev. XXV, 35. And if thy 
brother be waxen poor, and fallen 
in decay with thee; then thou 
shalt relieve him : yea, though 
he be a stranger, or a sojourner; 
that he may live with thee. 

Deut. XV, 10. Thou shalt surely 
give him, and thy heart shall not 
be grieved when thou givest unto 
him: because that for this thing 
the Lord thy God shall bless thee 
in all thy works, and in all that 
thou puttest thy hand unto. 

11. For the poor shall never 
cease out of the land : therefore 
I command thee, saying. Thou 
shalt open thy hand wide unto 
thy brother, to thy poor, and to 
thy needy, in thy land. 

James i, 27. Pure religion and 
undefiled before God and the Fa- 
ther is this. To visit the fatherless 
and widows in their affliction, and 
to keep himself unspotted from 
the world. 

James ii, 1. My brethren, have 
not the faith of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, the Lord of glory, with 
respect of persons. 

2. For if there come unto your 
assembly, a man with a gold ring, 
in goodly apparel, and there come 
in also a poor man with vile rai- 
ment; 

3. And ye have respect to him 
that weareth the gay clothing, 
and say unto him. Sit thou here 
in a good place ; and say to the 
poor. Stand thou here, or sit there 
under my footstool : 

4. Are ye not then partial in 
yourselves, and are become judges 
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5. Hearken, my beloved breth- 
ren, Hath not God chosen the 
poor of this world rich in faith, 
and heirs of the kingdom which 
he hath promised to them that 
love him? 

1 John hi, 17. But whoso hath 
this world's good, and seeth his 
brother have need, and shutteth 
up his bowels of compassion from 
him, how dwelleth the love of 
God in him ? 

8. Encouragements to Liber- 
ality. 

Psalm xli, 1. Blessed is he that 
considereth the poor: the Lord 
will deliver him in time of 
trouble. 

2. The Lord will preserve him, 
and keep him alive ,• and he shall 
be blessed upon the earth ', and 
thou wilt not deliver him unto 
the will of his enemies. 

Psalm cxii, 9. He hath dis- 
persed, he hath given to the poor ; 
his righteousness endureth for- 
ever; his horn shall be exalted 
with honor. 

Prov. XIX, 17. He that hath 
pity upon the poor lendeth unto 
the Lord ; and that which he hath 
given will he pay him again. 

Isaiah lviii, 6. Is not this the 
fast that I have chosen ? to loose 
the bands of wickedness, to undo 
the heavy burdens, and to let the 
oppressed go free, and that ye 
break every yoke ? 

7. Is it not to deal thy bread to 
the hungry, and that thou bring 
the poor that are cast out to thy 
house? when thou seest the 
naked, that thou cover him ? and 



that thou hide not thyself from 
thine own flesh ? 

8. Then shall thy light break 
forth as the morning, and thy 
health shall spring forth speedily : 
and thy righteousness shall go 
before thee ; the glory of the Lord 
shall be thy rearward. 

9. Then shalt thou call, and the 
Lord shall answer; thou shalt 
cry, and he shall say. Here I am. 
If thou take away from the midst 
of thee the yoke, and putting 
forth of the finger, and speaking 
vanity; 

10. And if thou draw out thy 
soul to the hungry, and satisfy 
the afflicted soul ; then shall thy 
light rise in obscurity, and thy 
darkness be as the noonday : 

11. And the Lord shall guide 
thee continually, and satisfy thy 
soul in drought, and make fat 
thy bones : and thou shalt be like 
a watered garden, and like a 
spring of water, whose waters fail 
not. 

Matt, v, 7. Blessed are the 
merciful: for they shall obtain 
mercy. 

Matt, xxv, 34. Then shall the 
King say unto them on his right 
hand. Come, ye blessed of my Fa- 
ther, inherit the kingdom pre- 
pared for you from the foundation 
of the world : 

35. For I was a hungered, and 
ye gave me meat : I was thirsty, 
and ye gave me drink : I was a 
stranger, and ye took me in : 

36. Naked, and ye clothed me: 
I was sick, and ye visited me : I 
was in prison, and ye came unto 
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CHAPTER V 



DOMESTIC DUTIES 



I, The Marriage, Relation 
Instituted and Recom- 
mended. 

Gen. II, 18. And the Lord God 
said, It is not good that the man 
should be alone ; I will make him 
a help meet for him. 

Gen. II, 21. And the Lord God 
caused a deep sleep to fall upon 
Adam, and he slept: and he took 
one of his ribs, and closed up the 
flesh instead thereof: 

22. And the rib, which the Lord 
God had taken from man, made 
he a woman, and brought her 
unto the man. 

Pkov. XVIII, 22. "Whoso findeth 
a wife findeth a good thing, and 
obtaineth favor of the Lord. 

Eph. V, 31. For this cause shall 
a man leave his father and 
mother, and shall be joined unto 
his wife, and they two shall be 
one flesh. 

1 Tim. IV, 1. Now the Spirit 
speaketh expressly, that in the 
latter times some shall depart 
from the faith, giving heed to 
seducing spirits, and doctrines of 
devils ; 

2. Speaking lies in hypocrisy; 
having their conscience seared 
with a hot iron ; 

3. Forbidding to marry, and 
commanding to abstain from 
meats, which God hath created 
to be received with thanksgiving 
of them which believe and know 
the truth. 

Heb. XIII, 4. Marriage is honor- 
able in all, and the bed undefiled ; 
but whoremongers and adulterers 
God will judge. 

1 Tim. V, 14. I will therefore 
that the younger women marry, 
bear children, guide the house. 



give none occasion to the adver- 
sary to speak reproachfully. 

2. Cautions against Improper 

Marriages. 

Deut. VII, 3. ISTeither shalt thou 
make marriages with them ; thy 
daughter thou shalt not give unto 
his son, nor his daughter shalt 
thou take unto thy son. 

4. For they will turn away thy 
son from following me, that they 
may serve other gods : so will the 
anger of the Lord be kindled 
against you, and destroy thee 
suddenly. 

1 CoR. VII, 39. The wife is bound 
by the law as long as her husband 
liveth,- but if her husband be 
dead, she is at liberty to be mar- 
ried to whom she will ; only in 
the Lord. 

2 CoR. VI, 14. Be ye not un- 
equally yoked together with un- 
believers : for what fellowship 
hath righteousness with unright- 
eousness ? and what communion 
hath light with darkness ? 

Amos hi, 3. Can two walk to- 
gether, except they be agreed ? 

3. Mutual Duties of Husbands 

AND Wives. 

Eph. 5, 21. Submitting your- 
selves one to another in the fear 
of God. 

22. Wives, submit yourselves 
unto your own husbands, as unto 
the Lord. 

23. For the husband is the 
head of the wife, even as Christ 
is the head of the Church; and 
he is the savior of the body. 

24. Therefore as the Church is 
subject unto Christ, so let the 
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25. Husbands, love your wives, 
even as Christ also loved the 
Church, and gave himself for it ; 

Eph. V, 28. So ought men to 
love their wives as their own 
bodies. He that loveth his wife 
loveth himself. 

Eph. V, 33. Nevertheless, let 
every one of you in particular so 
love his wife even as himself; 
and the wife see that she rever- 
ence her husband. 

Titus ii, 4. That they may 
teach the young women to be 
sober, to love their husbands, to 
love their children. 

5. To be discreet, chaste, keep- 
ers at home, good, obedient to 
their own husbands, that the 
word of God be not blasphemed. 

4. Duty of Parents to their 
Children. 

(1.) To provide for them, 

2 Cor. xii, 14. Behold, the third 
time I am ready to come to you ; 
and I will not be burdensome to 
you : for I seek not yours, but 
you: for the children ought not 
to lay up for the parents, but the 
parents for the children. 

1 Tim. V, 8. But if any provide 
not for his own, and especially 
for those of his own house, he 
hath denied the faith, and is 
worse than an infidel. 

(2.) To administer needful cor- 
rection, 

Heb. XII, 9. Furthermore, we 
have had fathers of our flesh 
which corrected us, and we gave 
them reverence : shall we not 
much rather be in subjection unto 
the Father of spirits, and live ? 

Prov. X, 13. In the lips of him 
that hath understanding wisdom 
is found ; but a rod is for the back 
of him that is void of under- 
standing. 

Prov. XIII, 24. He that spareth 
his rod hateth his son ; but he 
that loveth him chasteneth him 
betimes. 

Prov. xix, 18. Chasten thy son 



while there is hope, and let not 
thy soul spare for his crying. 

Prov. xxii, 15. Foolishness is 
bound in the heart of a child ; 
but the rod of correction shall 
drive it far from him. 

Prov. xxiii, 13. Withhold not 
correction from the child ; for if 
thou beatest him with the rod, 
he shall not die. 

14. Thou shalt beat him with 
the rod, and shalt deliver his soul 
from hell. 

(3.) Encouragements to parental 
faithfulness. 

Gen. xvii, 7. And I will estab- 
lish my covenant between me 
and thee, and thy seed after thee, 
in their generations, for an ever- 
lasting covenant, to be a God unto 
thee, and to thy seed after thee. 

Gen. xviii, 19. For I know him, 
that he will command his chil- 
dren, and his household after 
him, and they shall keep the way 
of the Lord, to do justice and 
judgment; that the Lord may 
bring upon Abraham that which 
he hath spoken of him. 

PsA. xxxvii, 26. He is ever mer- 
ciful, and lendeth ; and his seed 
is blessed. 

PsA. cm, 17. But the mercy of 
the Lord is from everlasting to 
everlasting upon them that fear 
him, and his righteousness unto 
children's children ; 

18. To such as keep his cove- 
nant, and to those that remember 
his commandments to do them. 

Prov. xx, 7. The just man 
walketh in his integrity ; his 
children are blessed after him. 

Prov. xxii, 6. Train up a child 
in the way he should go; and 
when he is old, he will not de- 
part from it. 

2 Tim. i, 1. Paul, an apostle of 
Jesus Christ by the will of God, 
according to the promise of life 
which is in Christ Jesus, 

2. To Timothy, my dearly be- 
loved son : Grace, mercy, and 
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3. I thank God, "^hom I serve 
from mv forefathers with pure 
conscience, that without ceasing 
I have remembrance of thee in 
my prayers night and day ; 

4. Greatly desiring to see thee, 
being mindful of thy tears, that 
I may be filled with joy ; 

5. When I call to remembrance 
the unfeigned faith that is in thee, 
which dwelt first in thy grand- 
mother Lois, and thy mother 
Eunice ; and I am persuaded that 
in thee also. 

5. Duty of Children to their 
Parents. 

Ex. XX, 12. Honor thy father 
and thy mother ; that thy days 
may be long upon the land which 
the Lord thy God giveth thee. 

Lev. IX, 3. Ye shall fear every 
man his mother, and his father, 
and keep my Sabbaths : I am the 
Lord your God. 

Prov. I, 8. My son, hear the 
instruction of thy father, and 
forsake not the law of thy 
mother : 

9. For they shall be an orna- 
ment of grace unto thy head, and 
chains about thy neck. 

Prov. xiii, 1. A wise son hear- 
eth his father's instruction; but 
a scorner heareth not rebuke. 

Prov. xxiit, 22. Hearken unto 
thy father that begat thee, and 
despise not thy mother when she 
is old. 

Matt, xv, 4. For God com- 
manded, saying. Honor thy fa- 
ther and mother ; and. He that 
curseth father or mother, let him 
die the death. 

5. But ye say, Whosoever shall 
say to his father or his mother, 
It is a gift, by whatsoever thou 
mightest be profited by me ; 

6. And honor not his father or 
his mother, he shall be free. 
Thus have ye made the com- 
mandment of God of none effect 
by your tradition. 

Eph. VI, 1. Children, obey your 
parents in the Lord ; for this is 
right. 



2. Honor thy father and mother, 

(which is the first commandment 
with promise,-) 

3. That it may be well with 
thee, and thou mayest live long 
on the earth. 

6. Disobedient Children Pun- 
ished. 

Ex. XXI, 15. Andhethat smiteth 
his father, or his mother, shall be 
surely put to death. 

Ex. XXI, 17. Andhethat curseth 
his father, or his mother, shall 
surely be put to death. 

Deut. XXI, 18. If a man have 
a stubborn and rebellious son, 
which will not obey the voice of 
his father, or the voice of his 
mother, and that, when they 
have chastened him, will not 
hearken unto him. 

Deut. xxvii, 16. Cursed be he 
that setteth light by his father or 
his mother,- and all the people 
shall say, Amen. 

Prov. xx, 20. Whoso curseth 
his father or his mother, his 
lamp shall be put out in obscure 
darkness. 

Prov. xxx, 17. The eye that 
mocketh at his father, and de- 
spiseth to obey his mother, the 
ravens of the valley shall pick it 
out, and the young eagles shall 
eat it. 

7. Divorce. 

Mal. ii, 15. And did not he 
make one ? Yet had he the resi- 
due of the Spirit. And where- 
fore one? That he might seek a 
godly seed. Therefore take heed 
to your spirit, and let none deal 
treacherously against the wife of 
his youth. 

16. For the Lord, the God of 
Israel, saith, that he hateth put- 
ting away: for one covereth vio- 
lence with his garment, saith the 
Lord of hosts : therefore take 
heed to your spirit, that ye deal 
not treacherously. 

Matt, xix, 4. Aud he answered 
and said uuto them. Have ye not 
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at the beginning, made them 
male and female, 

5. And said. For this cause 
shall a man leave father and 
mother, and shall cleave to his 
wife: and they twain shall be 
one flesh? 

6. Wherefore they are no more 
twain, but one flesh. What there- 
fore God hath joined together, let 
not man put asunder. 

Matt, xix, 8. He saith unto 
them, Moses, because of the hard- 
ness of your hearts, suff"ered you 
to put away your wives : but from 
the beginning it was not so. 

9. And I say unto you. Who- 
soever shall put away his wife, 
except it be for fornication, and 
shall marry another, committeth 
^ adultery; and whoso marrieth 
her which is put away doth com- 
mit adultery. 

Mark x, 2. And the Pharisees 
came to him, and asked him. Is 
it lawful for a man to put away 
his wife? tempting him. 

3. And he answered and said 
unto them, What did Moses com- 
mand you? 

4. And they said, Moses suf- 
fered to write a bill of divorce- 
ment, and to put her away. 

5. And Jesus answered and said 
unto them. For the hardness of 
your heart he wrote you this pre- 
cept: 

6. But from the beginning of 
the creation God made them male 
and female. 

7. For this cause shall a man 
leave his father and mother, and 
cleave to his wife; 

8. And they twain shall be one 
flesh: so then they are no more 

- twain, but one flesh. 

9. What therefore God hath 
joined together, let not man put 
asunder. 

10. And in the house his dis- 
ciples asked him again of the 
same matter. 

11. And he saith unto them, 
Whosoever shall put away his 
wife, and marry another, com- 
mitteth adultery against her. 



12. And if a woman shall put 
away her husband, and be mar- 
ried to another, she committeth 
adultery. 

Luke xvi, 18. Whosoever put- 
teth away his wife, and mar- 
rieth another, committeth adul- 
tery: and whosoever marrieth 
her that is put away from her 
husband, committeth adultery. 

EoM. VII, 2. For the woman 
which hath a husband is bound 
by the law to her husband so 
long as he liveth; but if the hus- 
band be dead, she is loosed from 
the law of her husband. 

3. So then if, while her husband 
liveth, she be married to another 
man, she shall be called an adul- 
teress: but if her husband be 
dead, she is free from that law; 
so that she is no adulteress, 
though she be married to an- 
other man. 

1 Cor. VII, 10. And unto the 
married I command, yet not 
I, but the Lord, Let not the 
wife depart from her hus- 
band : 

11. But and if she depart, let 
her remain unmarried, or be rec- 
onciled to her husband: and let 
not the husband put away his 
wife. 

8. Polygamy. 

Mal. II, 15. And did not he 
make one? Yet had he the resi- 
due of the Spirit. And where- 
fore one? That he might seek a 
godly seed. Therefore take heed 
to your spirit, and let none deal 
treacherously against the wife of 
his youth. 

Matt, xix, 9. And I say unto 
you. Whosoever shall put away 
his wife, except it be for fornica- 
tion, and shall marry another, 
committeth adultery: and whoso 
marrieth her which is put away 
doth commit adultery. 

Mark x, 11. And he saith unto 
them. Whosoever shall put away 
his wife, and marry another, com- 
mitteth adultery against her. 

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ried to another, she committeth 
adultery. ^' 

Deut. XVII, 17. Keither shall 



he multiply wives to himself, 
that his heart turn not away: 
neither shall he greatly multiply 
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I. Repentance. 

Eepentance is sometimes used generally, for a 
cbaiige of mind, and an earnest wishing that some- 
thing were undone that has been done. Taken in a 
religious sense, it signifies contrition of sin, and sorrow 
for it. But there is, 1. A partial, or worldly repent- 
ance, wherein one is grieved for and turns from his 
sin merely on account of the hurt it has done or is 
likely to do him. So a malefactor, who still loves his 
sin, repents of doing it because it brings him to pun- 
ishment. 2. An evangelical repentance, which is a 
godly sorrow wrought in the heart of a sinful person 
by the Word and Spirit of God, whereby, from a sense 
of sin as oflPensive to God, and defiling and endanger- 
ing to his own soul, and from an apprehension of the 
mercy of God in Christ, he, with grief and hatred of 
all known sins, turns from them to God as his Savior 
and Lord. This is called '' repentance toward God," as 
therein we turn from sin to him, and "repentance unto 
life;" as it "leads to spiritual life, and is the first step 
to eternal life." (Watson's Dictionary, page 816.) 

2. Regeneration. 

Eegeneration — a new birth. It is that work of the 
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It is designated in the ScrijDtures as being horn again^ 
horn from ahove, being quickened, by Christ being 
formed in the heart, by our partaking of the Divine 
nature, by being risen with Christ. The efficient cause 
of regeneration is the Holy Ghost. The change in re- 
generation consists in the recovery of the moral image 
of God upon the human heart, whereby man is enabled 
to love God supremely, and serve him .as our highest 
end, to delight in him as our chief good. The sum of 
the moral law, as expounded by our Savior, is to love 
the Lord our God with all our heart, and soul, and 
mind, and strength. This is the duty of every rational 
creature, and in order to obey it perfectly no part of 
our inward affection or actual service ought to be at 
any time or in the least degree misapplied. Eegener- 
ation consists in the principle of holiness being im- 
planted in the heart, obtaining the ascendency, and 
habitually prevailing over its opposite. Although vari- 
ous phrases are used in the Scriptures by which to 
express this change, such as putting off the old man and 
putting on the new man, as walking after the Spirit, yet 
it is all effected by the Word of God or the Gospel of 
salvation gaining an entrance into the mind through 
divine teaching, so as to possess the understanding, 
subdue the will, and control the affections. Regenera- 
tion should be distinguished from justification, although 
connected with it. Justification places us in a new re- 
lation to God. Eegeneration places us in a new moral 
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I. Conviction for Sin. 

Luke xv, 17. And when he 
came to himself, he said, How 
many hired servants of my fa- 
ther's have bread enough and to 
spare, and I perish with hunger! 

18. I will arise and go to my 
father, and will say unto him. 
Father, I have sinned against 
heaven, and before thee, 

19. And am no more worthy to 
be called thy son: make me as 
one of thy hired servants. 

John xvi, 7. Nevertheless, I 
tell you the truth : It is expedi- 
ent for you that I go away: for if 
I go not away, the Comforter will 
not come unto you; but if I de- 
part, I will send him unto you. 

8. And when he is come, he will 
reprove the world of sin, and of 
righteousness, and of judgment: 

9. Of sin, because they believe 
not on me. 

Acts ii, 37. Now when they 
heard this, they were pricked in 
their heart, and said unto Peter 
and to the rest of the apostles. 
Men and brethren, what shall 
we do? 

Rom. VII, 9. For I was alive 
without the law once: but when 
the commandment came, sin re- 
vived, and I died. 

10. And the commandment, 
which was ordained to life, I 
found to be uuto death. 

11. For sin, taking occasion by 
the commandment, deceived me, 
and by it slew me. 

RoM. VII, 19. For the good that 
I would I do not: but the evil 
which I would not, that I do. 

20. Now if I do that I would 
not, it is no more I that do it, but 
sin that dwelleth in me. 

21. I find then a law, that, 



when I would do good, evil is 
present with me. 

22. For I delight in the law of 
God after the inward man: 

23. But I see another law in 
my members, warring against 
the law of my mind, and bring- 
ing me into captivity to the law 
of sin which is in my members. 

24. wretched man that I am ! 
who shall deliver me from the 
body of this death? 

RoM. V, 21. That as sin hath 
reigned unto death, even so might 
grace reign through righteousness 
unto eternal life by Jesus Christ 
our Lord. 

RoM. Ill, 19. Now we know that 
what things soever the law saith, 
it saith to them who are under 
the law: that every mouth may 
be stopped, and all the world 
may become guilty before God. 

20. Therefore by the deeds of 
the law there shall no flesh be 
justified in his sight: for by the 
law is the knowledge of sin. 

John hi, 18. He that believeth 
on him is not condemned: but 
he that believeth not is con- 
demned already, because he hath 
not believed in the name of the 
only begotten Son of God. 

19. And this is the condemna- 
tion, that light is come into the 
world, and men loved darkness 
rather than light, because their 
deeds were evil. 

20. For every one that doeth 
evil hateth the light, neither 
Cometh to the light, lest his 
deeds should be reproved. 

21. But he that doeth truth 
cometh to the light, that his 
deeds may be made manifest that 
they are wrought in God. 

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lie saw that he was condemned, 
repented himself, and brought 
again the thirty pieces of silver 
to the chief priests and elders, 

4. Saying, I have sinned in 
that I have betrayed the inno- 
cent blood. And they said. What 
is that to us ? see thou to that. 

2. Sinners Called Upon to 
Repent. 

Deut. X, 16. Circumcise there- 
fore the foreskin of your heart, 
and be no more stiff-necked. 

Joshua xxiv, 23. ITovv therefore 
put away (said he) the strange 
gods which are among you, and 
incline your hearts unto the Lord 
God of Israel. 

1 Sam. VII, 3. And Samuel spake 
unto all the house of Israel, say- 
ing. If ye do return unto the Lord 
with all your hearts, then put 
away the strange gods and Ash- 
taroth from among you, and pre- 
pare your hearts unto the Lord, 
and serve him only: and he will 
deliver you out of the hand of 
the Philistines. 

Peov. XXIII, 26. My son, give 
me thy heart, and let thine eyes 
observe my ways. 

Isaiah lv, 7. Let the wicked 
forsake his way, and the unright- 
eous man his thoughts: and let 
him return unto the Lord, and 
he will have mercy upon him; 
and to our God, for he will abun- 
dantly pardon. 

Isaiah i, 16. Wash you, make 
you clean; put away the evil of 
your doings from before mine 
eyes: cease to do evil. 

Isaiah xlv, 22. Look unto me, 
and be ye saved, all the ends of 
the earth : for I am God, and 
there is none else. 

IsA. xLii, 18. Hear, ye deaf ; and 
look, ye blind, that ye may see. 

EzEK. xviii, 30. Therefore I will 
judge you, house of Israel, 
every one according to his ways, 
saiih the Lord God. Repent, and 
turn yourselves from all your 
transgressions; so iniquity shall 
not be your ruin. 



31. Cast away from you all 
your transgressions, whereby ye 
have transgressed; and make you 
a new heart and a new spirit; for 
why will ye die, house of Is- 
rael ? 

32. For I have no pleasure in 
the death of him that dieth, saith 
the Lord God : wherefore turn 
yourselves, and live ye. 

Jer. IV, 3. For thus saith the 
Lord to the men of Judah and 
Jerusalem, Break up your fal- 
low ground, and sow not among 
thorns. 

4. Circumcise yourselves to the 
Lord, and take away the foreskins 
of your heart, ye men of Judah 
and inhabitants of Jerusalem; 
lest my fury come forth like fire, 
and burn that none can quench 
it, because of the evil of your 
doings. 

Jer. IV, 14. Jerusalem, wash 
thy heart from wickedness, that 
thou mayest be saved. How long 
shall thy vain thoughts lodge 
within thee ? 

EzEK. XXXIII, 11. Say unto them, 
As I live, saith the Lord God, I 
have no pleasure in the death of 
the wicked ; but that the wicked 
turn from his way and live : turn 
ye, turn ye from your evil ways; 
for why will ye die, house of 
Israel ? 

Joel ii, 12. Therefore also now, 
saith the Lord, turn ye even to 
me with all your heart, and with 
fasting, and with weeping, and 
with mourning. 

13. And rend your heart, and 
not your garments, and turn 
unto the Lord your God; for 
he is gracious and merciful, 
slow to anger, and of great 
kindness, and repenteth him of 
the evil. 

Acts hi, 19. Repent ye, there- 
fore, and be converted, that your 
sins may be blotted out, when the 
times of refreshing shall come 
from the presence of the Lord. 

Acts viii, 22. Repent there- 
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of thy heart may be forgiven 
thee. 

23. For I perceive that thou art 
in the gall of bitterness, and in 
the bond of iniquity. 

Acts xvi, 31. And they said, 
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, 
and thou shalt be saved, and thy 
house. 

Acts xxvi, 20. But showed first 
unto them of Damascus, and at 
Jerusalem, and throughout all 
the coasts of Judea, and then to 
the Gentiles, that they should re- 
pent and then turn to God, and 
do works meet for repentance. 

EoM. XII, 2. And be not con- 
formed to this world ; but be ye 
transformed by the renewing of 
your mind, that ye may prove 
what is that good, and acceptable, 
and perfect will of God. 

Rom. XIII, 14. But put ye on 
the Lord Jesus Christ, and make 
not provision for the flesh, to 
fulfill the lusts thereof. 

Eph. IV, 22. That ye put off 
concerning the former conver- 
sation the old man, which is cor- 
rupt according to the deceitful 
lusts ; 

23. And be renewed in the 
spirit of your mind ; 

24. And that ye put on the new 
man, which after God is created 
in righteousness and true holi- 
ness. 

2 Cor. v, 20. ITow then we are 
embassadors for Christ, as though 
God did beseech you by us : we 
pray you in Christ's stead, be ye 
reconciled to God. 

Eph. V, 14. Wherefore he saith. 
Awake thou that sleepest, and 
arise from the dead, and Christ 
shall give thee light. 

James v, 7. Casting all your 
care upon him j for he careth for 
you. 

8. Be sober, be vigilant; be- 
cause your adversary the devil, 
as a roaring lion, walketh about, 
seeking whom he may devour. 

EzEK. XXXIII, 11. Say unto them. 
As I live, saith the Lord God, I 
have no pleasure in the death of 



the wicked; but that the wicked 
turn from his way and live : turn 
ye, turn ye from your evil ways ; 
for w^hy will ye die, house of 
Israel ? 

IsA. 1, 18. Come now, and let us 
reason together, saith the Lord; 
though your sins be as scarlet, 
they shall be as white as snow; 
though they be red like crimson, 
they shall be as wool. 

IsA. xLviii, 17. Thus saith the 
Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy 
One of Israel ; I am the Lord thy 
God which teacheth thee to profit, 
which leadeth thee by the way 
that thou shouldest go. 

18. that thou hadst heark- 
ened to my commandments 1 then 
had thy peace been as a river, 
and thy righteousness as the 
Avaves of the sea. 

Rev. Ill, 20. Behold, I stand 
at the door, and knock: if any 
man hear my voice, and open 
the door, I w^ill come in to him, 
and will sup with him, and he 
with me. 

Matt, xi, 28. Come unto me, 
all ye that labor and are heavy 
laden, and I will give you rest. 

29. Take my yoke upon you, 
and learn of me ; for I am meek 
and lowly in heart; and ye shall 
find rest unto your souls. 

30. For my yoke is easy, and 
my burden is light. 

Matt, xxii, 4. Again, he sent 
forth other servants, saying, Tell 
them which are bidden. Behold, 
I have prepared my dinner : my 
oxen and my fatlings are killed, 
and all things are ready : come 
unto the marriage. 

Luke xiv, 17. And sent his 
servant at supper time to say to 
them that were bidden, Come; 
for all things are now ready. 

IsA. XLv, 22. Look unto me, 
and be ye saved, all the ends of 
the earth : for I am God, and 
there is none else. 

Is A. Lv, 1. Ho, every one that 
thirsteth, come ye to the waters, 
and he that hath no money ; 
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buy wine and milk without money 
and without price. 

2. Wherefore do ye spend money 
for that which is not bread? and 
your labor for that which satis- 
fieth not? hearken diligently un- 
to me, and eat ye that which is 
good, and let your soul delight 
itself in fatness. 

3. Incline your ear, and come 
unto me : hear, and your soul 
shall live ; and I will make an 
everlasting covenant with you, 
even the sure mercies of David. 

Matt, xxiii, 37. Jerusalem, 
Jerusalem, thou that killest the 
prophets, and stonest them which 
are sent unto thee, how often 
would I have gathered thy chil- 
dren together, even as a hen 
gathereth her chickens under her 
wings, and ye would not I 

3. God Expostulates with Sin- 
ners. 

Deut. v, 29. that there were 
such a heart in them, that they 
would fear me, and keep all my 
commandments always, that it 
might be well with them, and 
with their children forever 1 

Deut. xxxii, 29. that they 
were wise, that they understood 
this, that they would consider 
their latter end! 

EzEK. XVIII, 32. For I have no 
pleasure in the death of him 
that dieth, saith the Lord God : 
wherefore turn yourselves, and 
live ye. 

PsA. XVIII, 13, The Lord also 
thundered in the heavens, and 
the Highest gave his voice; hail- 
stones and coals of fire. 

14. Yea, he sent out his arrows, 
and scattered them ; and he shot 
out lightnings, and discomfited 
them. 

15. Then the channels of waters 
were seen, and the foundations 
of the world were discovered at 
thy rebuke, Lord, at the blast 
of the breath of thy nostrils. 

IsA. xLviii, 18. that thou 
hadst hearkened to my command- 
ments; then had thy peace been 



as a river, and thy righteousness 
as the waves of the sea. 

Luke xix, 41. And when he 
was come near, he beheld the 
city, and wept over it, 

42. Saying, If thou hadst 
known, even thou, at least in 
this thy day, the things which. 
belong unto thy peace I but now 
they are hid from thine eyes. 

John v, 40. And ye will not 
come to me, that ye might have 
life. 

Acts vii, 51. Ye stiff-necked, 
and uncircumcised in heart and 
ears, ye do always resist the 
Holy Ghost : as your fathers did, 
so do ye. 

Matt, xxii, 2. The kingdom 
of heaven is like unto a certain 
king, which made a marriage for 
his son ; 

3. And sent forth his servants 
to call them that were bidden to 
the wedding ; and they would 
not come. 

4. Again, he sent forth other 
servants, saying, Tell them which 
are bidden, Behold, I have pre- 
pared my dinner ; my oxen and 
my fatlings are killed, and all 
things are ready ; come unto the 
marriage. 

5. But they made light of it, 
and went their ways, one to his 
farm, another to his merchandise : 

6. And the remnant took his, 
servants, and entreated them 
spitefully, and slew them. 

Luke xiv, 17. And sent his 
servant at supper time to say to 
them that were bidden. Come ; 
for all things are now ready. 

18. And they all with one con- 
sent began to make excuse. The 
first said unto him, I have bought 
a piece of ground, and I must 
needs go and see it ; I pray thee 
have me excused. 

19. And another said, I have 
bought five yoke of oxen, and I 
go to prove them; I pray thee 
have me excused. 

20. And another said, I have 
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4. Repentance Demanded. 

Luke xiii, 3. I tell you, nay: 
except ye repent, ye shall all 
likewise perish. 

Mark vi, 12. And they went 
out, and preached that men 
should repent. 

Acts ii, 38. Then Peter said 
unto them, Repent, and be bap- 
tized every one of you in the 
name of Jesus Christ, for the re- 
mission of sins, and ye shall re- 
ceive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 

Acts hi, 19. Repent ye, there- 
fore, and be converted, that your 
sins may be blotted out, when 
the times of refreshing shall 
come from the presence of the 
Lord. 

Acts viii, 22. Repent therefore 
of this thy wickedness, and pray 
God, if perhaps the thought of 
thy heart may be forgiven thee. 

Acts xvii, 30. And the times 
of this ignorance God winked at ; 
but now commandeth all men 
every- where to repent. 

Acts xx, 21. And how I kept 
back nothing that was profitable 
unto you, but have showed you, 
and have taught you publicly, 
and from house to house. 

Acts xxvi, 20. But showed first 
unto them of Damascus, and at 
Jerusalem, and throughout all 
the coasts of Judea, and then to 
the Gentiles, that they should 
repent and turn to God, and do 
works meet for repentance. 

Rev. II, 5. Remember therefore 
from whence thou art fallen, and 
repent, and do the first works ; 
or else I will come unto thee 
quickly, and will remove thy 
candlestick out of his place, ex- 
cept thou repent. 

Matt. lii, 1. In those days 
came John the Baptist, preach- 
ing in the wilderness of Judea, 

2. And saying. Repent ye : for 
the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 

EzEK. XIV, 6. Therefore say 
unto the house of Israel, Thus 
saith the Lord God ; Repent, and 
turn yourselves from your idols ,• 



and turn away your faces from 
all your abominations. 

EzEK. XVIII, 30. Therefore I will 
judge you, house of Israel, 
every one according to his ways, 
saith the Lord God. Repent, and 
turn yourselves from all your 
transgressions ; so iniquity shall 
not be your ruin. 

31. Cast away from you all 
your transgressions, whereby ye 
have transgressed; and make 
you a new heart and a new spir- 
it : for why will ye die, house 
of Israel ? 

32. For I have no pleasure in 
the death of him that dieth, saith 
the Lord God : wherefore turn 
yourselves, and live ye. 

5. Repentance Includes Sor- 
row FOR Sin, and Confes- 
sion. 

Psalm xxxviii, 4. For mine in- 
iquities a"re gone over mine head : 
as a heavy burden they are too 
heavy for me. 

5. My wounds stink and are 
corrupt because of my foolish- 
ness. 

6. I am troubled; I am bowed 
down greatly ; I go mourning all 
the day long. 

7. For my loins are filled with 
a loathsome disease; and there is 
no soundness in my flesh. 

8. I am feeble and sore broken : 
I have roared by reason of the 
disquietness of my heart. 

Psalm xxxviii, 18. For I will 
declare mine iniquity; I will be 
sorry for my sin. 

Psalm h, 3. For I acknowledge 
my transgressions ; and my sin 
is ever before me. 

4. Against thee, thee only, have 
I sinned, and done this evil in 
thy sight ; that thou mightest be 
justified when thou speakest, and 
be clear when thou judgest. 

EzEK. xxxvi, 31. Then shall ye 
remember your own evil ways, 
and your doings that were not 
good, and shall loathe yourselves 
in your own sight for your iniqui- 
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Matt, xxvi, 75. And Peter re- 
membered the word of Jesus, 
which said unto him, Before the 
cock crow, thou shalt deny me 
thrice. And he went out, and 
wept bitterly. 

Luke xv, 18. I will arise and 
go to my father, and will say 
unto him. Father, I have sinned 
against heaven, and before thee. 

19. And am no more worthy to 
be called thy son : make me as 
one of thy hired servants. 

Matt, iv, 17. From that time 
Jesus began to preach, and to say. 
Repent : for the kingdom of 
heaven is at hand. 

Luke xiii, 3. I tell you, nay : 
but, except ye repent, ye shall all 
likewise perish. 

Acts ii, 38. Then Peter said 
unto them. Repent, and be bap- 
tized every one of you in the 
name of Jesus Christ, for the re- 
mission of sins, and ye shall 
receive the gift of the Holy 
Ghost. 

Acts hi, 19. Repent ye there- 
fore, and be converted, that your 
sins may be blotted out, when the 
times of refreshing shall come 
from the presence of the Lord. 

Acts viii, 22. Repent therefore 
of this thy wickedness, and pray 
God, if perhaps the thought of 
thine heart may be forgiven thee. 

Acts xvii, 30. And the times 
of this ignorance God winked at ; 
but now commandeth all men 
every-where to repent. 

Acts xx, 21. Testifying both to 
the Jews, and also to the Greeks, 
repentance toward God, and faith 
toward our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Acts xxvi, 20. But shewed first 
unto them of Damascus, and at 
Jerusalem, and throughout all the 
coasts of Judea, and then to the 
Gentiles, that they should repent 
and turn to God, and do works 
meet for repentance. 

Job xlii, 5. I have heard of 
thee by the hearing of the ear: 
but now mine eye seeth thee. 

Psalm xxxviii, 4. Give them 
according to their deeds, and ac- 



cording to the wickedness of 
their endeavors : give them after 
the work of their hands: render 
to them their desert. 

5. Because they regard not the 
works of the Lord, nor the opera- 
tion of his hands, he shall destroy 
them, and not build them up. 

6. Blessed be the Lord, because 
he hath heard the voice of my 
supplications. 

7. The Lord is my strength and 
my shield ; my heart trusteth in 
him, and I am helped: therefore 
my heart greatly rejoiceth -, and 
with my song will I praise him. 

8. The Lord is their strength, 
and he is the saving strength of 
his anointed. 

Ezra ix, 5. And at the evening 
sacrifice I arose up from my heav- 
iness ,• and having rent my gar- 
ment and my mantle, I fell upon 
my knees, and spread out my* 
hands unto the Lord my God, 

6. And said, my God, I am 
ashamed and blush to lift my face 
to thee, my God : for our iniqui- 
ties are increased over our head, 
and our trespass is grown up unto 
the heavens. 

7. Since the days of our fathers 
have we been in a great trespass 
unto this day; and for our iniq- 
uities have we, our kings, and 
our priests, been delivered into 
the hand of the kings of the 
lands, to the sword, to captivity, 
and to a spoil, and to confusion of 
face, as it is this day. 

Psalm li, 3. For I acknowledge 
my transgressions : and my sin is 
ever before me. 

4. Against thee, thee only, have 
I sinned, and done this evil in thy 
sight: that thou mightest be jus- 
tified when thou speakest, and be 
clear when thou judgest. 

EzEK. xxxvi, 31. Then shall ye 
remember your own evil ways, 
and your doings that were not 
good, and shall loathe yourselves 
in your own sight for your iniqui- 
ties, and for your abominations. 

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unto him, Father, I have sinned 
against heaven; and before thee, 

19. And am no more worthy to 
be called thy son : make me as 
one of thy hired servants. 

Luke xviii, 13. And the publi- 
can, standing afar off, would not 
lift up so much as his eyes unto 
heaven, but smote upon his breast, 
saying, God be merciful to me a 
sinner I 

6. Genuine Repentance Ac- 
ceptable TO God. 

2 Chron. VII, 14. If my people, 
which are called by my name, 
shall humble themselves, and 
pray, and seek my face, and 
turn from their wicked ways; 
then will I hear from heaven, 
and will forgive their sin, and 
will heal their land. 

Psalm xxxiv, 18. The Lord is 
nigh unto them that are of a 
broken heart; and saveth such 
as be of a contrite spirit. 

Psalm li, 17. The sacrifices of 
God are a broken spirit: a broken 
and a contrite heart, God, thou 
wilt not despise. 

Isaiah lv, 7. Let the wicked 
forsake his way, and the unright- 
eous man his thoughts: and let 
him return unto the Lord, and he 
will have mercy upon him; and 
to our God, for he will abundantly 
pardon. 

Psalm cxlvii, 3. He healeth 
the broken in heart, and bindeth 
up their wounds. 

Isaiah lv, 1. Ho, every one 
that thirsteth, come ye to the 
waters, and he that hath no 
money; come ye, buy, and eat; 
yea, come, buy wine and milk 
without money and without price. 

2. Wherefore do ye spend money 
for that which is not bread? and 
your labor for that which satisfi- 
eth not? hearken diligently unto 
. ne, and eat ye that which is good, 
and let your soul delight itself in 
fatness. 

3. Incline your ear, and come 
unto me: heai-, and your soul 
shall live; and I will make an 



everlasting covenant with you, 
even the sure mercies of David. 

Isaiah lxvi, 2. For all those 
things hath mine hand made, 
and all those things have been, 
saith the Lord: but to this man 
will I look, even to him that is 
poor and of a contrite spirit, and 
trembleth at my word. 

Hosea VI, 1. Come, and let us 
return unto the Lord: for he 
hath torn, and he will heal us; 
he hath smitten, and he will 
bind us up. 

2. After two days will he re- 
vive us: in the third day he will 
raise us up, and we shall live in 
his sight. 

3. Then shall we know, if we 
follow on to know the Lord: his 
going forth is prepared as the 
morning; and he shall come 
unto us as the rain, as the latter 
and former rain unto the earth. 

Jer. Ill, 22. Return, ye back- 
sliding children, and I will heal 
your backslidings. Behold, we 
come unto thee ; for thou art the 
Lord our God. 

Joel ii, 12. Therefore also now, 
saith the Lord, turn ye even to 
me with all your heart, and with 
fasting, and with weeping, and 
with mourning: 

13. And rend your heart, and 
not your garments, and turn unto 
the Lord your God : for he is gra- 
cious and merciful, slow to anger, 
and of great kindness, and re- 
penteth him of the evil. 

Zech. i, 3. Therefore say thou 
unto them. Thus saith the Lord 
of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith 
the Lord of hosts, and I will turn 
unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. 

Luke xv, 21. And the son said 
unto him, Father, I have sinned 
against heaven, and in thy sight, 
and am no more worthy to be 
called thy son. 

22. But the father said to his 
servants. Bring forth the best 
robe, and put it on him; and put 
a ring on his hand, and shoes on 
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calf, and kill it; and let us eat, 
and be merry. 

7. Repentance Includes Ref- 
ormation. 

Ezra ix, 6. And said, my 
God, I am ashamed and blush to 
lift up my face to thee, my God: 
for our iniquities are increased 
over our head, and our trespass 
is grown up unto the heavens. 

Job XIII, 23. How many are 
mine iniquities and sins? make 
me to know my transgression and 
my sin. 

Psalm xxxviii, 18. For I will 
declare mine iniquity; I will be 
sorry for my sin. 

Deut. X, 16. Circumcise there- 
fore the foreskin of your heart, 
and be no more stiff-necked. 

Job XXXIV, 32. That which I 
see not teach thou me: if I have 
done iniquity, I will do no more. 

Isaiah i, 16. Wash ye, make 
you clean ; put away the evil of 
your doings from before mine 
eyes ; cease to do evil : 

17. Learn to do well; seek 
judgment, relieve the oppressed, 
judge the fatherless, plead for 
the widow. 

Jer. VII, 3. Thus saith the Lord 
of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend 
your ways and your doings, and 
I will cause you to dwell in this 
place. 

Jer. VII, 5. For if ye thoroughly 
amend your ways and your do- 
ings; if ye thoroughly execute 
judgment between a man and 
his neighbor. 

Matt, hi, 8. Bring forth there- 
fore fruits meet for repentance. 

Luke hi, 8. Bring forth there- 
fore fruits worthy of repentance, 
and begin not to say within your- 
selves, We have Abraham to our 
father: fori say unto you. That 
God is able of these stones to raise 
up children unto Abraham. 

John v, 14. Afterward Jesus 
findeth him in the temple, and 
said unto him, Behold, thou art 
made whole: sin no more, lest a 
worse thing come unto thee. 



Rom. VI, 1. What shall we say 
then? Shall we continue in sin, 
that grace may abound? 

Eph. IV, 14. That we henceforth 
be no more children, tossed to and 
fro, and carried about with every 
wind of doctrine, by the sleight 
of men, and cunning craftiness, 
whereby they lie in wait to de- 
ceive. 

James iv, 8. Draw nigh to God, 
and he will draw nigh to you. 
Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; 
and purify your hearts, ye double- 
minded. 

Job XI, 14. If iniquity be in 
thy hand, put it far away, and 
let not wickedness dwell in thy 
tabernacles. 

15. For then shalt thou lift up 
thy face without spot; yea, thou 
shalt be steadfast, and shalt not 
fear. 

Deut. xxx, 2. And shalt return 
unto the Lord thy God, and shalt 
obey his voice according to all 
that I command thee this day, 
thou and thy children, with all 
thy heart, and with all thy soul. 

1 Sam. VII, 3. And Samuel spake 
unto all the house of Israel, say- 
ing, If ye do return unto the Lord 
with all your hearts, then put 
away the strange gods and Asli- 
taroth from among you, and pre- 
pare your hearts unto the Lord, 
and serve him only: and he wmII 
deliver you out of the hand of the 
Philistines. 

Isaiah xix, 22. And the Lord 
shall smite Egypt : he shall smite 
and heal it : and they shall return 
even to the Lord, and he shall be 
entreated of them, and shall heal 
them. 

Isaiah lv, 7. Let the wicked 
forsake his way, and the unright- 
eous man his thoughts: and let 
him return unto the Lord, and he 
will have mercy upon him; and 
to our God, for he will abundantly 
pardon. 

Ezek. xviii, 27. Again, when 
the wicked man turneth away 
from his wickedness that he hath 
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is lawful and right, he shall save 
his soul alive. 

28. Because he considereth and 
turneth away from all his trans- 
gressions that he hath committed, 
he shall surely live, he shall not 
die. 

HosEA VI, 1. Come, and let us 
return unto the Lord: for he 
hath torn, and he will heal us ; 
he hath smitten, and he will 
bind us up. 

Isaiah x, 21. The remnant 
shall return, even the remnant 
of Jacob, unto the mighty God. 

EzEK. XVIII, 31. Cast away 
from you all your transgressions, 
whereby ye have transgressed; 
and make you a new heart and a 
new spirit: for why will ye die, 
house of Israel? 

32. For I have no pleasure in 
the death of him that dieth, 
saith the Lord God : wherefore 
turn yourselves, and live ye. 

Acts hi, 19. Eepent ye there- 
fore, and be converted, that your 
sins may be blotted out, when the 
times of refreshing shall come 
from the presence of the Lord. 

8. Conversion, including Par- 
don AND Regeneration. 

2 Cor. v, 17. Therefore if any 
man be in Christ, he is a new 
creature: old things are passed 
away; behold, all things are be- 
come new. 

Gal. V, 24. And they that are 
Christ's have crucified the flesh 
with the aff'ections and lusts. 

Gal. VI, 15. For in Christ Jesus 
neither circumcision availeth any 
thing, nor un circumcision, but a 
new creature. 

Rom. VIII, 28. And we know 
that all things work together for 
good to them that love God, to 
them who are the called accord- 
ing to his purpose. 

29. For whom he did foreknow, 
he also did predestinate to be 
conformed to the image of his 
Son, that he might be the first- 
born among many brethren. 

John hi, 6. That which is born 



of the flesh is flesh; and that 
which is born of the Spirit is 
spirit. 

Eph. IV, 22. That ye put ofl" 
concerning the former conversa- 
tion the old man, which is cor- 
rupt according to the deceitful 
lusts ; 

23. And be renewed in the spirit 
of your mind. 

Deut. XXX, 6. And the Lord 
thy God will circumcise thy 
heart, and the heart of thy seed, 
to love the Lord thy God with all 
thy heart, and with all thy soul, 
that thou mayest live. 

Psalm li, 10. Create in me a 
clean heart, God; and renew a 
right spirit within me. 

Psalm cxix, 32. I will run the 
way of thy commandments, when 
thou shalt enlarge my heart. 

Jer. XXIV, 7. And I will give 
them a heart to know me, that I 
am the Lord; and they shall be 
my people, and I will be their 
God: for they shall return unto 
me with their whole heart. 

Jer. XXXI, 33. But this shall be 
the covenant that I will make 
with the house of Israel; After 
those days, saith the Lord, I will 
put my law in their inward parts, 
and write it in their hearts; and 
will be their God, and they shall 
be my people. 

Ezek. XI, 19. And I will givfe 
them one heart, and I will put a 
new spirit within you; and I will 
take the stony heart out of their 
flesh, and will give them a heart 
of flesh: 

20. That they may walk in my 
statutes, and keep mine ordi- 
nances, and do them : and they 
shall be my people, and I will be 
their God. 

Ezek. xxxvi, 25. Then will I 
sprinkle clean water upon you, 
and ye shall be clean : from all 
your filthiness, and from all your 
idols, will I cleanse you. 

26. A new heart also will I give 
you, and a new spirit will I put 
within you : and I will take away 
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and I will give you a heart of I 

flesh. : 

27. And I will put my spirit ' 
within you, and cause you to 1 
walk in my statutes, and ye 
shall keep my judgments, and 
do them. 

John i, 12. But as many as re- 
ceived him, to them gave he power 
to become the sons of God, even to 
them that believe on his name: 

13. Which were born, not of 
blood, nor of the will of the flesh, 
nor of the will of man, but of God. 

John vi, 44. !N"o man can come 
to me, except the Father which 
hath sent me draw him: and I 
will raise him up at the last day. 

Eph. II, 4. But God, who is rich 
in mercy, for his great love where- 
with he loved us, 

5. Even when we were dead in 
sins, hath quickened us together 
with Christy (by grace ye are 
saved.) 

Eph. II, 8. For by grace are ye 
saved, through faith; and that 
not of yourselves: it is the gift 
of God. 

Eph. II, 10. For we are his 
workmanship, created in Christ 
Jesus unto good works, which 
God hath before ordained that we 
should walk in them. 

Eph. IV, 24. And that ye put 
on the new man, which after God 
is created in righteousness and 
true holiness. 

CoL. T, 12. Giving thanks unto 
the Father, which hath made us 
meet to be partakers of the in- 
heritance of the saints in light: 

13. Who hath delivered us from 
the power of darkness, and hath 
translated us into the kingdom 
of his dear Son. 

Titus hi, 5. Xot by works of 
righteousness which we have 
done, but according to his mercy 
he saved us, by the washing of 
regeneration, and renewing of 
the Holy Ghost; 

6. Which he shed on us abun- 
dantly through Jesus Christ our 
Savior. 

James :, 18. Of his own will 



begat he us with the word of 
truth, thai we should be a kind 
of first-fruits of his creatures. 

1 CoR. XV, 10. But by the grace 
of God I am what I am: and his 
grace which was bestowed upon 
me was not in vain ; but I labored 
more abundantly than they allr 
yet not I, but the grace of God 
which was with me. 

RoM. I, 6. Among whom are ye 
also the called of Jesus Christ: 

7. To all that be in Rome, be- 
loved of God, called to be saints : 
Grace to you, and peace, from God 
our Father and the Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

1 Cor. I, 9. God is faithful, by 
whom ye were called unto the 
fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ 
our Lord. 

1 Pet. II, 9. But ye are a chosen 
generation, a royal priesthood, a 
holy nation, a peculiar people; 
that ye should shew forth the 
praises of him who hath called 
you out of darkness into his mar- 
velous light. 

John vii, 17. If any man will 
do his will, he shall know of the 
doctrine, whether it be of God, or 
whether I speak of myself. 

1 CoR. II, 14. But the natural 
man receiveth not the things 
of the Spirit of God : for they are 
foolishness unto him : neither can 
he know them, because they are 
spiritually discerned. 

15. But he that is spiritual 
judgeth all things, yet he him- 
self is judged of no man. 

2 Cor. iv, 6. For God, who com- 
manded the light to shine out of 
darkness, hath shined in our 
hearts, to give the light of the 
knowledge of the glory of God 
in the face of Jesus Christ. 

Eph. V, 8. For ye were some- 
time darkness, but now are ye 
light in the Lord: walk as chil- 
dren of light. 

Col. I, 12. Giving thanks unto 
the Father, which hath made us 
meet to be partakers of the inher- 
itance of the saints in light: 

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the power of darkness, and hath 
translated us into the kingdom 
of his dear Son: 

14. In whom we have redemp- 
tion through his blood, even the 
forgiveness of sins. 

1 Thess. V, 4. But ye, brethren, 
are not in darkness, that thai; day 
should overtake you as a thief. 

5. Ye are all the children of 
light, and the children of the 
day ; we are not of the night, nor 
of darkness. 

1 John ii, 8. Again, a new 
commandment I write unto you, 
which thing is true in him and in 
you : because the darkness is 
past, and the true light now 
shineth. 

9. He that saith he is in the 
light, and hateth his brother, is 
in darkness even until now. 



10. He that loveth his brother 
abideth in the light, and there is 
none occasion of stumbling in 
him. 

11. But he that hateth his 
brother is in darkness, and walk- 
eth in darkness, and knoweth not 
whither he goeth, because that 
darkness hath blinded his eyes. 

1 John ii, 20. But ye have an 
unction from the Holy One, and 
ye know all things. 

21. I have not written unto you 
because ye know not the truth, 
but because ye know it, and that 
no lie is of the truth. 

John vi, 45. It is w^ritten in the 
prophets, And they shall be all 
taught of God, Every man there- 
fore that hath heard, and hath 
learned of the Father, cometh 
unto me. 



CHAPTER II 



I. Evidences of Regeneration. 

Rom. VIII, 14. For as many as 
are led by the Spirit of God, they 
are the sons of God. 

EoM. VIII, 9. But ye are not in 
the Hesh, but in the Spirit, if so 
be that the Spirit of God dwell in 
you. Now, if any man have not 
the Spirit of Christ, he is none of 
his. 

John viii, 47. He that is of God 
heareth God's words : ye therefore 
hear them not, because ye are not 
of God. 

John xiii, 35. By this shall all 
men know that ye are my dis- 
ciples, if ye have love one to 
another. 

John xiv, 21. He that hath 
my commandments, and keepeth 
them, he it is that loveth me ; 
and he that loveth me shall be 
loved of my Father, and I will 
love him, and will manifest rny- 
self to him. 



John xiv, 23. Jesus answered 
and said unto him. If a man love 
me, he will keep my words ,• and 
my Father will love him, and we 
will come unto him, and make 
our abode with him. 

24. He that loveth me not 
keepeth not my sayings ; and the 
word which ye hear is not mine, 
but the Father's which sent me. 

1 John ii, 3. And hereby we do 
know that we know him, if we 
keep his commandments. 

4. He that saith, I know him, 
and keepeth not his command- 
ments, is a liar, and the truth is 
not in him. 

5. But whoso keepeth his word, 
in him verily is the love of God 
perfected ; hereby know we that 
we are in him. 

6. He that saith he abideth in 
him, ought himself also so to 
walk, even as he walked. 

1 John hi, 14. We know that 
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life, because we love the brethren. 
He that loveth not his brother 
abideth in death. 

1 John hi, 18. My little chil- 
dren, let us not love in word, 
neither in tongue; but in deed 
and in truth. 

19. And hereby we know that 
we are of the truth, and shall 
assure our hearts before him. 

1 John hi, 24. And he that 
keepeth his commandments 
dwelleth in him, and he in him. 
And hereby we know that he 
abideth in us, by the Spirit which 
he hath given us. 

1 John v, 1. Whosoever be- 
lieveth that Jesus is the Christ is 
born of God ; and every one that 
loveth him that begat, loveth 
him also that is begotten of him. 

2. By this we know that we 
love the children of God, when 
we love God, and keep his com- 
mandments. 

3. For this is the love of God, 
that we keep his commandments ; 
and his commandments are not 
grievous. 

4. For whatsoever is born of 
God overcometh the world ; and 
this is the victory that over- 
cometh the Avorld, even our faith. 

Psalm cxix, 6. Then shall I not 
be ashamed, when I have respect 
unto all thy commandments. 

Matt, vii, 16. Ye shall know 
them by their fruits. Do men 
gather grapes of thorns, or figs 
of thistles? 

17. Even so every good tree 
bringeth forth good fruit; but a 
corrupt tree bringeth forth evil 
fruit. 

18. A good tree can not bring 
forth evil fruit, neither can a 
corrupt tree bring forth good 
fruit. 

19. Every tree, that bringeth 
not forth good fruit is hewn down, 
and cast into the fire. 

20. Wherefore by their fruits 
ye shall know them. 

21. ISTot every one that saith 
unto me. Lord, Lord shall enter 
into the kingdom of heaven ; but 



he that doeth the will of my 
Father which is in heaven. 

RoM. V, 5. And hope maketh 
not ashamed; because the love 
of God is shed abroad in our 
hearts by the Holy Ghost which 
is given unto us. 

RoM. XV, 16. That I should be 
the minister of Jesus Christ to 
the Gentiles, ministering the 
Gospel of God, that the offering 
up of the Gentiles might be ac- 
ceptable, being sanctified by the 
Holj* Ghost. 

Titus hi, 5. Not by works of 
righteousness which we have 
done, but according to his mercy 
he saved us, by the washing of 
regeneration, and renewing of the 
Holy Ghost. 

1 John iv, 13. Hereby know we 
that we dwell in him, and he in 
us, because he hath given us of 
his Spirit. 

1 John v, 10. He that believeth 
on the Son of God hath the wit- 
ness in himself: he that believeth 
not God, hath made him a liar ; 
because he believeth not the 
record that God gave of his Son. 

11. And this is the record, that 
God hath given to us eternal life, 
and this life is in his Son. 

12. He that hath the Son, hath 
life; and he that hath not the 
Son of God, hath not life. 

1 John ii, 27. But the anoint- 
ing which ye have received of 
him abideth in you, and ye need 
not that any man teach you : but 
as the same anointing teacheth 
you of all things, and is truth, 
and is no lie, and even as it hath 
taught you, ye shall abide in 
him. 

RoM. viii, 14. For as many as 
are led by the Spirit of God, they 
are the sons of God. 

15. For ye have not received 
the spirit of bondage again to 
fear; but ye have received the 
Spirit of adoption, whereby we 
cry, Abba, Father. 

16. The Spirit itself beareth 
witness with our spirit, that wo 
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17. And if children, then heirs; 
heirs of God, and joint-heirs with 
Christ: if so be that we suffer 
with him, that we may be also 
glorified together. 

Gal. V, 18. But if ye be led by 
the Spirit, ye are not under the 
law. 

Eph. I, 5, Having predestin- 
ated us unto the adoption of chil- 
dren by Jesus Christ to himself, 
according to the good pleasure 
of his will, 

6. To the praise of the glory 
of his grac^, wherein he hath 
made us accepted in the Beloved. 

7. In whom we have redemp- 
tion through his blood, the for- 
giveness of sins, according to the 
riches of his grace. 

Gal. V, 22. But the fruit of the 
Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suf- 
fering, gentleness, goodness, faith. 

23. Meekness, temperance: 
against such there is no law. 

24. And they that are Christ's 
have crucified the flesh, with the 
affections and lusts. 

2. Christian Holiness. 

Deut, XXX, 6. And the Lord 
thy God will circumcise thine 
heart, and the heart of thy seed, 
to love the Lord thy God with all 
thine heart, and with all thy 
Boul, that thou mayest live. 

Jer. XXIV, 7. And I will give 
them a heart to know me, that I 
am the Lord; and they shall be 
my people, and I will be their 
God ; for they shall return unto 
me with their whole heart. 

Jer. XXXI, 33. But this shall be 
the covenant that I will make 
with the house of Israel : After 
those days, saith the Lord, I will 
put my law in their inward parts, 
and write it in their hearts ; and 
will be their God, and they shall 
be my people, 

PsA. LI, 10. Create in me a 
clean heart, God; and renew a 
right spirit within me. 

EzEK. XI, 19. And I will give 
them one heart, and I will put a 
new spirit within you ; and I will 



take the stony heart out of their 
flesh, and will give them a heart 
of flesh : 

20. That they may walk in my 
statutes, and keep mine ordi- 
nances, and do them : and they 
shall be my people, and I will be 
their God. 

Ezek. XXXVI, 25. Then will 1 
sprinkle clean water upon you, 
and ye shall be clean: from all 
your filthiness, and from all your 
idols, will I cleanse you. 

26. A new heart also will I give 
you, and a new spirit will I put 
within you; and I will take 
away the stony heart out of your 
flesh, and I will give you a heart 
of flesh. 

27. And I will put my Spirit 
within you, and cause you to 
walk in my statutes, and ye 
shall keep my judgments, and 
do them. 

Eph. IV, 24. And that ye put 
on the new man, which after 
God is created in righteousness 
and true holiness. 

Eph. V, 8.. For ye were some 
time darkness, but now are ye 
light in the Lord: walk as chil- 
dren of light. 

1 Thess. V, 4. But ye, brethren, 
are not in darkness, that that day 
should overtake you as a thief. 

5. Ye are all the children of 
light, and the children of the 
day : we are not of the night, nor 
of darkness. 

1 Pet. II, 9. But ye are a chosen 
generation, a royal priesthood, a 
holy nation, a peculiar people ; 
that ye should shew forth the 
praises of him who hath called 
you out of darkness into his 
marvelous light. 

Lev. XI, 45. For I am the Lord 
that bringeth jou. up out of the 
land of Egypt, to be your God: 
ye shall therefore be holy, for I 
am holy. 

Lev. XX, 7. Sanctify yourselves 
therefore, and be ye holy ; for I 
am the Lord your God. 

Eph. V, 27. That he might pre- 
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Church, not having spot or wrin- 
kle, or any such thing ; but that 
it should be holy and without 
blemish. 

Heb. VII, 25. Wherefore he is 
able also to save them to the ut- 
termost that come unto God by 
him, seeing he ever liveth to 
make intercession for them. 

1 Pet. II, 21. For even hereunto 
were ye called: because Christ 
also sufiered for us, leaving us an 
example, that ye should follow 
his steps: 

22. Who did no sin, neither was 
guile found in his mouth: 

23. Who, when he was reviled, 
reviled not again ; when he suf- 
fered, he threatened not; but 
committed himself to him that 
judgeth righteously : 

24. Who his own self bare our 
sins in his own body on the tree, 
that we, being dead to sins, 
should live unto righteousness : 
by whose stripes ye were healed. 

Lev. XIX, 2. Speak unto all the 
congregation of the children of 
Israel, and say unto them. Ye 
shall be holy: for I the Lord 
your God am holy. 

1 Pet. I, 15. But as he which 
hath called you is holy, so be ye 
holy in all manner of conversa- 
tion ; 

16. Because it is written, Be ye 
holy ; for I am holy. 

Rom. VIII, 29. For whom he 
did foreknow, he also did pre- 
destinate to be conformed to the 
image of his Son, that he might 
be the first-born among many 
brethren. 

1 John ii, 6. He that saith he 
abideth in him, ought himself 
also so to walk, even as he 
walked. 

Isaiah xxxv, 8. And a highway 
shall be there, and a way, and it 
shall be called. The way of holi- 
ness; the unclean shall not pass 
over it ; but it shrill be for those: 
the wayfaring men, though fools, 
shall not err therein. 

Psalm xxiv, 3. Who shall as- 
cend into the hill of the Lord? 



and who shall stand in his holy 
place? 

4. He that hath clean hands, 
and a pure heart ; who hath not 
lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor 
sworn deceitfully. 

Heb. XII, 14. Follow peace with 
all men, and holiness, without 
which no man shall see the Lord. 

Eph. I, 4. According as he hath 
chosen us in him before the foun- 
dation of the world, that we 
should be holy and without blame 
before him in love. 

1 Thess. IV, 7. For God hath 
not called us unto uncleanness, 
but unto holiness. 

1 Tim. I, 9. Who hath saved us, 
and called us with a holy calling, 
not according to our works, but 
according to his own purpose and 
grace, which was given us in 
Christ Jesus before the world 
began. 

Eph. IV, 24. And that ye put 
on the new man, which after God 
is created in righteousness and 
true holiness. 

1 CoK. Ill, 17. If any man defile 
the temple of God, him shall 
God destroy; for the temple of 
God is holy, which temple ye 
are. 

Heb. Ill, 1. Wherefore, holy 
brethren, partakers of the heav- 
enly calling, consider the Apostle 
and High Priest of our profession, 
Christ Jesus. 

EoM. VI, 22. But now being 
made free from sin, and become 
servants to God, ye have your 
fruit unto holiness, and the end 
everlasting life. 

Luke i, 74. That he would 
grant unto us, that we being de- 
livered out of the hand of our 
enemies, might serve him with- 
out fear, 

75. In holiness and righteous- 
ness before him, all the days of 
our life. 

RoM. VI, 13. Neither yield ye 
your members as instruments of 
unrighteousness unto sin : but 
yield yourselves unto God, as 
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dead, and your members as in- 
struments of righteousness unto 
God: 

14. For sin shall not have do- 
minion over you : for ye are not 
under the law, but under grace. 

15. What then ? shall we sin, 
because we are not under the law, 
but under grace ? God forbid. 

16. Know ye not, that to whom 
ye yield yourselves servants to 
obey, his servants ye are to whom 
ye obey; whether of sin unto 
death, or of obedience unto right- 
eousness ? 

17. But God be thanked, that 
ye were the servants of sin ; but 
ye have obeyed from the heart 
that form of doctrine which was 
delivered you. 

18. Being then made free from 
sin, ye became the servants of 
righteousness. 

19. I speak after the manner of 
men, because of the infirmity of 
your flesh : for as ye have yielded 
your members servants to un- 
cleanness and to iniquity unto 
iniquity ,• even so now yield your 
members servants to righteous- 
ness unto holiness. 

EoM. XII, 1. I beseech you 
therefore, brethren, by the mer- 
cies of God, that ye present your 
bodies a living sacrifice, holy, ac- 
ceptable unto God, which is your 
reasonable service. 

1 Pet. I, 15. But as he which 
hath called you is holy, so be ye 
holy in all manner of conversa- 
tion. 

2 Pet. ii, 11. Whereas angels, 
which are greater in power and 
might, bring not railing accusa- 
tion against them before the 
Lord. 

2 Cor. vii, 1. Having, there- 
fore, these promises, dearly be- 
loved, let us cleanse ourselves 
from all filthiness of the flesh 
and spirit, perfecting holiness in 
the fear of God. 

Col. I, 22. In the body of his 
flesh through death, to present 
you holy, and unblamable, and 
unreprovable in his sight. 



1 Thess. Ill, 13. To the end he 
may stablish your hearts un- 
blamable in holiness before God, 
even our Father, at the coming of 
our Lord Jesus Christ with all his 
saints. 

Eev. XXII, 11. He that is unjust, 
let him be unjust still : and he 
which is filthy, let him be filthy 
still : and he that is righteous, 
let him be righteous still : and he 
that is holy, let him be holy still. 

Titus ii, 3. The aged women 
likewise, that they be in behavior 
as becometh holiness, not false 
accusers, not given to much wine, 
teachers of good things. 

Zech. XIV, 20. In that day shall 
there be upon the bells of the 
horses, HOLI]S"ESS UNTO THE 
LORD : and the pots in the Lord*s 
house shall be like the bowls be- 
fore the altar. 

21. Yea, every pot in Jerusalem 
and in Judah shall be holiness 
unto the Lord of hosts: and all 
they that sacrifice shall come and 
take of them, and seethe therein: 
and in that day there shall be no 
more the Canaanite in the house 
of the Lord of hosts. 

1 Chron. XVI, 29. Give unto the 
Lord the glory due unto his 
name : bring an ofi'ering, and 
come before him : worship the 
Lord in the beauty of holiness. 

Psalm xxix, 2. Give unto the 
Lord the glory due unto his name ; 
worship the Lord in the beauty 
of holiness. 

Psalm xciii, 5. Thy testimonies 
are very sure : holiness becometh 
thy house, Lord, forever. 

1 Tim. ii, 8. I will therefore 
that men pray every-where, lift- 
ing up holy hands, without wrath 
and doubting. 

Titus i, 8. But a lover of hospi- 
tality, a lover of good men, sober, 
just, holy, temperate. 

Isaiah lii, 11. Depart ye, de- 
part ye, go ye out from thence, 
touch no unclean thing; go ye 
out of the midst of her ; be ye 
clean, that bear the vessels of the 
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1 Tim. IV, 12. Let no man de- 
spise thy youth, but be thou an 
example of the believers, in 
word, in conversation, in charity, 
in spirit, in faith, in purity. 

John xv, 8. Herein is my Fa- 
ther glorified, that ye bear much 
fruit ; so shall ye be my disciples. 

Psalm lxxxvi, 2. Preserve my 
soul ; for I am holy : thou my 
God, save thy servant that trust- 
eth in thee. 

Jer. II, 3. Israel was holiness 
anto the Lord, and the first-fruits 
of his increase: all that devour 
him shall ofi'end ; evil shall come 
upon them, saith the Lord. 

Matt, vi, 20. But lay up for 
yourselves treasures in heaven, 



where neither moth nor rust doth 
corrupt, and where thieves do not 
break through nor steal : 

21. For where your treasure is, 
there will your heart be also. 

Luke i, 70. As he spake b/the 
mouth of his holy prophets, 
which have been since the world 
began. 

1 Thess. II, 10. Ye are wit- 
nesses, and God also, how holily, 
and justly, and unblamably we 
behaved ourselves among ' you 
that believe. 

1 Pet. Ill, 5. For after this 
manner in the old time the holy 
women also, who trusted in God, 
adorned themselves, being in sub- 
jection unto their own husbands. 



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